A 41-year-old ritualist identified as Ibrahim Hamza has been apprehended by operatives of the Kwara state police command after a human skull was found on him.
The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Okesanmi Ajayi, in a statement, said the police received information that some ritualists whose stock in trade is buying, trading and trafficking human body parts couriered human skulls from Lagos state into Ilorin, and that the package was heading to Balogun Fulani motor park, Ilorin, the state capital.
”On the strength of the information, the team arrested one Ibrahim Hamza of Orisunbare area of Okolowo, Ilorin, who had earlier recieved the package from the motor park,” the police spokesperson said.
“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 ritualist 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,” he added.
Okesanmi noted that the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Tuesday Assayomo, commended the detectives for a job well done, and admonished the investigating team to ensure that the remaining accomplices of Hamza are arrested and duly prosecuted.
