According to the Ondo State Police Command, Yusuf Adenoyin, a suspect, was apprehended by its agents after it was said that he had eight dried human skulls.
According to a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the incident happened at Isua-Akoko in the state’s Akoko South West Local Government Area.
According to the statement, the suspect was taken into custody while a few command officers working at the Isua-Epinmi checkpoint as part of the Police Safer Highway Patrol were carrying out their assigned tasks.
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“One of the passengers took to his heels while the vehicle was being searched, and the police pursued and arrested him,” the statement reads. Upon searching him, a sealed polythene bag containing fresh human flesh, eight dry human skulls, and charms was discovered hidden within a garri sack he was carrying. Yusuf Adenoyin, the 31-year-old suspect, claimed he would give the goods to herbalists.
During questioning, the guy allegedly admitted to providing seven human skulls prior to his detention.
In addition, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya said that a probe had been started to find his collaborators.
