Man, 38, Arraigned For Allegedly Being In Possession Of 4 Human Skulls

KINGSLEY EBERE

A 38-year old man, Yusuf Olatunji, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for being in possession of four human skulls exhumed from the cemetery. 

 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Ayobo Cemetery, Amule Ayobo, Lagos.

 

According to the Police, the suspect went to the cemetery at night and exhumed the the skulls from graves. He tried to escape with the skulls before the security guards accosted him.

 

He was asked to know what he is using them for and where he collected them but he declined to disclose to the security men on duty.

 

He was then handed over to the Police at Ayobo Division. From there, he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for further investigation over his alleged conduct.

While being interrogated at the SCID, the suspect refused to disclose what he wanted to use the skulls for but admitted to being in possession of them as exhumed from the cemetery.

 

The Police found him culpable and charged him before the Yaba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts several years of imprisonment.

 

The charge read:

“That you, YUSUF OLATUNJI ‘M’, at Ayobo Cementry, Amule Ayobo, Lagos in the Lagos State Magisterial District, did unlawfully have in your possession four 4) human skulls which you cannot give satisfactory account of, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 238 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

 

However, he pleaded not guilty.

 

The prosecutor, Supol Thomas Nurudeen, asked the Court to give a date for hearing since he pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that he actually committed the alleged offence.

 

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Alaka, granted him bail with two sureties, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment while addresses will be verified by the Court.

 

The matter was adjourned for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the correctional center pending when he will perfect his bail conditions.