Ogun police command says it has arrested a 55-year-old man, Yesiru Salisu for being in possession of four human skulls, two dry human hands and there jaws.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
Oyeyemi noted that the suspect, who lived at No 7, Odunsi street, Ijebu Igbo, was arrested on Monday, November 23.
“The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ago Iwoye division that a man was seen with a bag suspected to contain stolen property, and when he was challenged, he dropped the bag and ran into the bush.
“Upon the report, the DPO, Ago Iwoye CSP Paul Omiwole, led his detectives to the scene where they opened the bag and discovered that it contains dry human parts.
“Consequently, the bush he ran into was properly combed and the suspect was subsequently apprehended.
“On interogation, the suspect confessed harvesting the human parts from one Christian cemetery in oke eri Ijebu ode together with one Lekan Bakare who is now at large,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
He also directed that the fleeing accomplice should be hunted for and brought to justice.
