We Needed Human Heads For Ritual To Become Rich – Suspects Confess
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
Four suspects, Muyideen Tolubi, Niyi Folorunso, Sonubi Taiwo and Remilekun Folorunso, who were arrested for allegedly digging graves to remove heads from corpses, have told the Police that they needed human heads for money rituals in order to become rich.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects, who reside in Odogbolu, Ogun State, were arrested after they were allegedly caught in the act and they confessed their motive for doing so.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed that the suspects are in Police custody.
Oyeyemi said that the suspects were spotted digging a grave somewhere in the town, with the aim of removing parts of an already buried corpse of someone who was not in anyway related to them.
The information filtered to the Police in Odogbolu Division, which acted very swiftly.
The incident happened on Thursday 24th September, 2020.
Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Odogbolu, CSP Afolabi Yusuf, led his detectives to the scene but the suspects had already removed the head of the corpse and fled.
The Police there and then embarked on an intelligence-based investigation which led to the arrest of a couple, Niyi and Remilekun Folorunso, as well as Muyideen Tolubi.
The three of them confessed being the persons that dug the grave and removed the head of the corpse. The suspects later took detectives to nearby Ikenne town, where the fourth person who asked them to bring the head for ritual purpose was apprehended.
Altogether, the four suspects were arrested for unlawfully being in possession of human skull. They are all presently in Police detention cell.
Meanwhile, the Ogun Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
The suspects will be charged before the Court after the conclusion of the investigations and the offence attracts several years of imprisonment if they are found guilty.
