Police Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three men namely Saibu Popoola, Aliu Ajiroba and Jimoh Ijiola for been in possession of two fresh human skulls.
The men were arrested when Policemen attached to Ayetoro Division on routine patrol, accosted the duo of Saibu Popoola and Aliu Ajiroba on a Bajaj motorcycle along Idagba Olodo road with a bag which looked suspicious.
A statement signed by ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi said, “a Search was quickly conducted on them and the two human skulls were discovered in the said bag”.
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“The duo were promptly arrested and taken to Ayetoro Police Station where they told the Police that the skulls were given to them by Jimoh Ijiola who lives in Erinpa area of the town.
“Upon the information, the DPO Ayetoro Division CSP Makinde Kayode led detectives to the resident of the suspect where he was also arrested.
“In his own statement, Ijiola denied being the person that gave them the skulls but said they all got it from neighboring Benin Republic and their intention was to use it for money rituals.
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has however ordered that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.
ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, for CP Ogun State Command.
