The Oyo state Police command on Friday, paraded a 45-year -old suspected ritualist simply identified as Hassan Kolawole with fresh human head in Ibadan, the state capital.
Kolawole, was paraded at the Command Headquarters at Eleyele , Ibadan alongside nine others who were arrested for various crimes at different locations within the state.
They were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, through the Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso.
Items found in their possessions include fresh human head, hands and one HP Laptop.
He said the suspected ritualist was arrested at Ogbere-ti-o-ya in Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking with newsmen, the suspect confessed to the crime, adding that the fresh human head and two hands found in his possession were for ritual purpose as a result of financial difficulty he was passing through.
Kolawole said, “I have one wife and two children and things are very hard for me in taken good care of them. I met one Waheed, who is also an Islamic cleric at a Maolud. We discussed about it and he told me that he know how to do money ritual that would require the use of human parts.
“I told him that I don’t know how to get the human parts and he promised to get it for me. He later brought the human parts to me at Amunloko where we met early in the morning and I kept it in my office where I used to attend to people who needed spiritual assistance.
“The police came to search my office on the day Waheed gave me the fresh head and two hands. The person is now at large.” He narrated.
In a similar development, nine suspects were also paraded for various crimes ranging from murder, kidnapping, cultism and theft.
The suspects were arrested in a different location in the state.
Items recovered as exhibits, according to the police, include; One Boxer Bajaj motorcycle with Registration Number NRK 754 QW; improvised gun; dual faced axe; one HP Laptop; one human head; two human hands and 17 wraps of weed and 53 wraps of Colorado.
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