Two arrested with fresh human head in Ibadan

Oyo State police command on Friday arrested
two suspected ritualists with a fresh human
head. The arrest was made at Olufana village along
Igbo-oloyin in Akinyele Local Government Area
of the state. The arrest of the suspects was made possible
after members of the community who saw
them informed the police. According to them, the suspects were seen
cutting the head of the woman along Igbo-
Oloyin village. One of the suspects, Seyi Akinrinola(30), who
claimed to be a farmer, while speaking with
Saturday Tribune said he was advised by the
other suspect to get a human head for anti-
bullet charms and that the head was that of a
mad woman. He insisted that the woman was known to
residents of the village and that he only cut off
the head and put it on a tree near his house. But Ajitoni Ogundeji(40), the other suspect,
denied his involvement in the act, saying: “I do
not know anything about it.” The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)
, Olabisi Okuwosi-Ilobanafor, while speaking on
the incident, said members of the community
informed the police that they sighted a human
head on a tree and the police promptly moved
into the area around 10.00 am. “The police laid siege and Seyi arrived later on a
motorcycle with a polythene bag with the aim
of taking the head and that was how he was
arrested,” she said.