Police apprehend man with human skull in Ogun
The Adatan divisional Police Officer arrested a suspected ritualist for illegal possession of a human head on June 24, 2024, at around 1550 hrs.
Nojeem Balogun, a resident of Iyana Cele Car Wash, Abeokuta, reported to the police station that on June 23, 2024, at about 0800 hrs, one of his siblings informed him of suspicious activity at their late father’s grave in Isale Itoko, Abeokuta.
Upon investigation, he discovered that their father’s head had been removed by an unknown person or group. Further investigation identified Lekan Akinyemi as the perpetrator, who was caught red-handed exhuming the grave and decapitating the head.
Lekan Akinyemi was apprehended at the scene, and the case was handed over to the Anti-Robbery unit for further investigation before being transferred to the State CID.