Police nab 3 with human skull in Lagos

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Police nab 3 with human skull in Lagos

Three suspects alleged to have been responsible for the removal of a human skull from a cemetery for ritual purposes have been arrested by the Police in Lagos.

The command's Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana in a statement on Sunday, Match 8, 2020 said that the suspects were arrested by officers from Area ‘E’ Command, Festac.

Elkana named them as: Dauda Tijani, 42; of No. 23, Omomwunmi St., Orege Ajegunle; Olawale Shodolamu, 70; a herbalist and Seun Falana, 37; a staff member of Trinity Cemetery in Ajegunle.

He said that Tijani was intercepted at Alakija Bus stop along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway by the police, who found on him a black polythene bag containing a human skull.

“The suspect confessed that he was sent by the herbalist, Shodolamu, to collect the skull from a cemetery’s attendant.

“The herbalist claimed that he bought the human skull from Falana at the sum of N10, 000 only.

“The suspected herbalist usually grinds the human skull together with other substances to prepare herbs and charms for his customers,’’ Elkana alleged.

He said that the third suspect confessed that he had been digging graves in the past to remove human skulls and sell to herbalists.

Investigation is ongoing. The suspects will soon be charged to court,’’ the police spokesman said.