Two individuals riding a motorcycle with a fresh human head and hands were detained in Kwara State by police operatives.
SP Okasanmi Ajayi, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, made the announcement in a press statement on Sunday.
The suspects were apprehended by a squad of police officers on patrol near Oke Oyi/Jebba road on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at around 11:30 a.m., while attempting to elude the police on stop and search duty, according to the statement.
The suspects, Wasiu Omonose, 35, of Abioye compound, Share, and Akanbi Ibrahim, 32, of Sayo street, were apprehended with a large bag containing a fresh human head and hands during the search.
The suspects confessed to taking the fresh human head and hands to an Alfa in Ilorin for ritual activities while being interrogated by the police.
In a statement, Kwara State Commissioner of Police, CP Tuesday Assayono, promised that the accused ritualists would be punished as soon as the inquiry was completed.
CP Assayomo also advised criminal elements to leave the state, warning that the police command would not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person or group of persons discovered seeking to disrupt peace and order in the state.
According to the statement, “In furtherance of the unrelenting effort of Kwara State Police Command in ridding Kwara State of crimes and all forms of criminality, eagle-eyed policemen attached to Operation Harmony, while on patrol of Oke Oyi/Jebba road today 24/4/2022 at about 1130hrs, intercepted two men on a motorcycle.
“They attempted to evade the officers on stop and search duty, this aroused the suspicion of the operatives who consequently gave the suspects a hot chase and forced them to a stop. In the process of searching them, a bag containing a fresh human head and hands were found in their possession.
“On interrogation, the suspected ritualists by name, Wasiu Omonose ‘M’ aged 35yrs, of Abioye compound, Share and, one Akanbi Ibrahim ‘M’ aged 32yrs of Sayo street Share, stated that they were taking the fresh human head and hands to an Alfa in Ilorin for ritual purposes.”
