Two suspected ritualists of Benin Republic origin have met their dead end as they have been arrested by Police with fresh human head on their way to the herbalists home.
The suspects, Monday Karezu, 32 and Anagonou Kamelan, 44, we’re nabbed with unlawful possession of human head.
The criminals were arrested following a tip-off on November 3 by men of modus operandi section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of Ogun State Police command.
They were said to have brought the human head to the herbalist for money ritual.
A Police detective, DSP Nurudeen Gafar upon learning of their plans, on that day moved his team to the area early enough in a planned ambush.
The suspects eventually arrived on a motorbike after two hours the Police arrived the herbalist house, they were immediately arrested with fresh human head.
Confirming the incident, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said
”On interrogation, Monday Karezu, a national of Benin Republic informed the Police that he got the head from a place known as Ijale papa.
This made the Policemen to follow him to the place only to discover that he was lying. Further investigation revealed that Monday Karezu is a resident of Sabo area of Abeokuta, and that the human head with him was that of a woman who died three months ago during childbirth and was buried not too far from his house.
It was further discovered that the suspect had one time killed his nine months old daughter and used her head for the same purpose but did not succeed. He had also exhumed another corpse, removed the head and used it for money making ritual but failed.
The latest one that landed them in trouble was introduced to him by Anagonou Kamalen a Togolese, who informed him that he knows an herbalist who can do original money making ritual for him with human head, hence, he exhumed the corpse of the woman buried not too far to his house, cut off the head and in company of his accomplice, took it to the herbalist house where they were apprehended before delivering it.”
