Four arrested with human skulls
By Yemi Dalemo, Ijebu-Ode
Published: Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Four suspected ritualists who specialise in cutting and selling human skulls were on Friday night arrested by security operatives of the Muslim community in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Two of them, Shina Sulaiman (25) and Yomi Aregbe (20) were arrested at Oke Agbo Muslim Cemetery at about 8pm.

According to a community leader in Ijebu Igbo, Alhaji Daodu Sulaiman, and Alhaji Shittu Muritala, the skulls of over 73 per cent of the corpses buried at the cemetery have been lost to the suspects.

Sulaiman said the act which had been going on for over 10 years, became a source of concern to the people as the act was also extended to the Christian cemetry beside theirs at Oke Agbo and this forced the Muslims to engage a security man to guard the place.

He said even with this, the suspects still found their way in and engaged in the illict trade until two youths, Alfa Shittu Muritala and a colleague volunteered to assist the guard in nabbing the perpetrators.

Muritala told our correspondent that on Friday night, they met the two young men at the cemetry and allowed them to finish their job before challenging them.

He noted that two skulls were found on them at the graveside of a deceased.

One fresh head of a woman buried on Thursday and another dry head.

They were later handed over to the police in Ijebu Igbo.

The suspects named two herbalists who they claimed usually bought the heads from them at the rate of between N2500 and N3000.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, and the Ijebu Area Commander, Mr. Oyedokun Omolodun, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday.

Adejobi said the suspects would be transferred to the state command from where they would be charged to court after an investigation.
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we want the news from okija shrine.

"one fresh head and one dry head." Hmmmm so dry means rotten or decomposing. ok. When the relatives of the beheaded victims found out what had happened there wasn't a dry, i mean rottten, eye in the place oooooooooooh