The Lagos State Police, Zone 2 Command, yesterday said it arrested
a cemetery attendant and four others for being in possession of a
human skull.
Lawal Shehu, Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of
Lagos and Ogun states, told journalists that the suspects were
arrested with dried human jaw and dried human scalp on Monday.
“On December 3, 2018, at about 20:30 hours, information received
by Zone 2 Command that one Jimoh Adeola, ‘m’ of Muslim Cemetery,
of Oke Yadi, Abeokuta was in possession of human parts,” Mr Shehu
said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes the official as saying that
the suspect has been dealing in such for a very long time.
“Detectives of the Zonal Intervention Squad were detailed to
investigate and five suspects were arrested while exhibits we’re also
recovered,” he said.
Mr Shehu said operatives from Police Zone 2 Command also on
Monday, arrested three suspected highway robbers operating in the
Ota area of Ogun.
He said on interrogation, the three suspects confessed to having
snatched five vehicles, out of which three have been recovered and
released to their owners.
According to the AIG, the remaining two stolen vehicles have been
sold across the border, in neighbouring Benin Republic.
The three recovered vehicles were a Toyota Venza, Honda Crosstour
and Toyota Highlander.
In the same vein, the AIG said that operatives from Zone 2 police
command also recovered a DAF truck registration number
KTG165YG and arrested two suspects of the stolen vehicle along
Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
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