The police in Kwara State at the weekend paraded five suspected ritualists, among them a couple, with 11 human skulls and several human bones. Briefing newsmen on the development, the Kwara State commissioner of police, Bolaji Fafowora, said eight of the human heads found at the home of the suspects were already dried while the remaining three were fresh.
Investigators also found suspected human hair in possession of the suspects.
He listed the suspects as Azeez Yakubu, Salima Azeez, Isaiah Wasiu, Abubakar Isiaka, and Soliu Yakubu. The chief suspect, Yakubu, is a 37-year-old commercial driver.
The police boss said: “Acting on the intelligence available to the command about suspected ritual killings around Adewole area of Ilorin by some ritualists, detectives from the police command swooped on a building located at 20, Ile-Opa area of Aromadu, Adewole, and one Yakubu Azeez and four other suspects were rounded up. A search was conducted in the building and 11 human skulls, several suspected human bones, a bunch of suspected human hair and other items were recovered.”
It was gathered that some of the skulls were recovered from the ceiling of the building where Yakubu and his wife lived, while the others were recovered from the wife’s shop.
While the main suspect denied being involved in the deal, his wife, who is pregnant, told newsmen she had walked out of their nine-month relationship because her husband failed to give her satisfactory answers why he usually went out in the night only to come back late.
The police boss said the investigation was still on and the suspects would be charged to court soon.
