I Bought Human Skull For N4,000 -- Pregnant Woman

Owing to the myths attached to cemetery, several people dread going
there. But, a playwright said, "Many birds dread water, but the duck
sleeps in it".

For five suspects, including a 25 year-old pregnant woman, Saki
Adediran, paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Muhammed Katsina, they relished in punishing the dead. They dug deep
into graves and brought buried bodies to a slaughter slab where they
used knives to decimate them into parts and sell to prospective buyers
who, in turn, used the parts for money-making rituals.

They must have been committing this heinous crime for some time and,
since they had murdered sleep, the ghosts of those they had troubled
did not allow them to rest until they were caught. The suspects
arrested in connection with the alleged crime were Abati Kolade, Tayo
Akinrinola, Ramon Korede, Mojeed Adediran and Saki Adediran.

While narrating how they were caught, CP Katsina said, "Following a
petition referred to the State Intelligence Bureau by the Commissioner
of Police, the operatives of the bureau began a discreet investigation
into the criminal activities taking place at Muslim cemetery located
around Lifefort International School, Apete, Ibadan where graves,
numbering about six, had been excavated by unknown perpetrators.
Through a painstaking, coordinated investigation and a clue left
behind by the perpetrators, the operatives arrested five suspects who
confessed to the alleged crime. Among the suspects arrested is a
female who confessed to the crime and disclosed that she usually
bought human skull at the rate of | 4,000".

The woman human parts dealer suspect, Saki Adediran, spoke to Sunday
Vanguard, saying, "Korede, one of the suspects, always buys charms
from me. One day, he told me he had 'biscuit' ormenumo(human head). I
bought it and gave him N4,000. We have been doing it for quite
sometime".

When asked to disclose the identity of the person she sold the human
skull she bought for N4,000 to, she refused to talk.

One of the other suspects, Akinrinola, who did not show remorse, was
reluctant to talk until the officer who investigated his case showed
up. The suspect said, "One man took two of us to the cemetery around
9pm. When we got there, we started exhuming the bodies that still had
the gall intact. But, we checked all of those we exhumed, we did not
get any gall." Other questions put to him were not answered.

Paraded with the suspected human parts dealers were members of a gang
of armed robbers who allegedly specialized in snatching posh cars.
The CP hinted that the command, working on a "robust intelligence",
detailed the state Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS to conduct
diligent investigation leading to the recovery of assorted cars either
snatched from the owners at gun point or stolen from where they were
parked. The posh cars were recovered from different locations
including Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and Kano states. The vehicles
included one unregistered black Toyota Corolla car,one Honda Accord
saloon car, one wine Ford car with Reg.No. KSF 342 CY, two Honda
Accord cars, with Reg. No. EPE 814 CD and ABJ 777 AY.

About 24 vehicles, 63 motorcycles, NITEL cables, among others, were
allegedly recovered.

The command also recovered about 3,000 rounds of live ammunition. The
ammunition was recovered around Idi-Iroko community, Soka area of
Ibadan when a team of detectives was dispatched to the area.

"The hoodlums, on noticing the presence of the policemen in the area,
jumped off their motorcycle and fled into the bush. When the area was
thoroughly searched, 1,000 rounds of 7.6mm live ammunition were
recovered along side the motorcycle with reg.No. LAGOS QJ 201
AKD,"Katsina said.

The police also arrested alleged cross-border robber, Opuoro John, for
snatching exotic vehicles at gunpoint.

"The cross-border robbery suspect, accompanied by other suspected
members of the gang now at large, attempted to transport a
stolen vehicle to Benin Republic where a notorious receiver, simply
identified as Alhaji Sokoto, was waiting to receive it. Opuoro John
'm', who was said to have attempted to bribe the police, was arrested.
Investigation revealed that the vehicle was snatched at gun-point in
Delta State. Efforts have been put in place to apprehend the fleeing
robbery suspects and their accomplices", the police boss said.

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