A suspected ritualist barely escaped death after he was caught with a human head in Oyo state.
A man has been caught red-handed with a
human head in in Olomi area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The man identified as
Saheed Musiliu, was caught with a human head and escaped death by the
whiskers.
According to Tribune, the man was
reportedly caught with the head of a corpse he exhumed at the back of
Basic Community Primary School in the area.
However, things took a twist when
policemen from Sanyo Division of Oyo State Police Command arrived the
scene at about 6:00a.m. but members of the public refused to allow them
leave with the suspect.
The community members insisted on carrying out jungle justice on the suspect which the police refused resulting in altercation.
In the ensuing melee, the hoodlums
reportedly attacked the police patrol team that came, vandalising its
patrol van in the process.
They also made bonfires as they insisted
on taking the suspect from the police, making vehicles and passersby to
make a detour from the area to prevent being caught in the midst of the
chaos.
They were said to have attempted to burn
the police van with the policemen in it, making the patrol team to
quickly leave the scene.
However, the hoodlums again barricaded
the two gates leading to the community to prevent the policemen from
leaving until reinforcement was sent to join the team.
When interrogated by the police, Musiliu
confessed to have exhumed a corpse and cut its head, saying it was
meant for sale to those who intended to carry out money ritual.
He also disclosed that he had sold two human parts to those who needed them in the past.
Meanwhile 27 suspected hoodlums have
been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command while the suspect with
human head had been taken into the custody at the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Disclosing this to Metro on Sunday, when
contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle
Ajisebutu, said that the hoodlums attacked the police for not allowing
them to take laws into their hands.
He also said that the human head found
with the suspect had been recovered as exhibit, adding that the suspect
and the 27 hoodlums were being interrogated at the SCIID.
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