Men of the Nigerian Police have arrested a man suspected to be a member of ritualist Syndicate with human, horse and chimpanzee skulls.
The body parts were various states of decomposition when the the suspect and his macabre exhibits were caught.
Explaining the incident, Ajayi Okasanmi, SP, spokesman for the state command of the police, a team of detectives acting on actionable intelligence, apprehended some suspected ritualists whose stock in trade is buying, trading and trafficking in human body parts who couriered human skull from Lagos State into Ilorin and heading to Balogun Fulani motor park, Ilorin.
“On the strength of the information, the team arrested the suspect, Ibrahim Hamza, aged 41, of Orisunbare area of Okolowo, Ilorin who had earlier recieved the package from the motor park.
” Upon discreet search conducted on him, a human skull concealed in a carton with his name and phone number inscribed on it was recovered.
“Preliminary investigation into the matter revealed that the suspect actually procured the human skull, Horse head, Chimpanzee head and other items which were recovered in his house to which he confessed he intended to use for money making rituals,” the police spokesman said.