The rate at which people trade on human parts is becoming alarming. just yesterday Saturday, April 12, 2014 five persons who were seen with 5 human heads were arrested through the joint effort of the Ogun State police command and the Special Anti Robbery Squad of the Lagos Command.
This arrest was made possible due to prior information gathered about the suspects.
The case has been has been transferred to SARS Lagos for a private Investigation.
Sun News reports:
The suspects are Kubura Salami, Tantolorun Abimbola,Kafaya Popoola,Wahid Ibrahim and Adamu Rafiu.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi said the arrest was made by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ota Division, CSP Gabrael Idibie.
He added that the team of operatives, which assisted the Special Anti Robbery Squad from Lagos acted on intelligence reports.
Adejobi further stated that the exhibits had been recovered for further investigation and prosecution of the suspects.
The exhibits recovered included one complete human head and pieces of human flesh in a container stained with a liquid substance suspected to be human blood.
The PPRO also said the state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye had ordered that the case be handed over to SARS Lagos for discreet investigation.
Okoye was said to have assured the public that the police would not condone any act of criminality and inappropriate behaviours within the state.
