Two Nabbed With Exhumed Human Head

Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested two men, Monday Karezu, 32, and Anagonou Kamelan, 44, for unlawful possession of fresh human head.

The suspects were arrested on the 3rd of November 2021, following an information received by men of modus operandi section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department, that the men were going to an herbalist’s house with human head for ritual purposes.

A statement from the command said upon the information, the DSP Nurudeen Gafar led his team to the area where the herbalist house was situated and laid ambush there.

The suspects were said to have arrived on a motorcycle at about two hours with a bag containing the human head and they were promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, Monday Karezu, a national of Benin republic informed the police that he got the head from Ijale papa but the policemen discovered 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.

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“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 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 genuine money ritual for him with human head, hence, he exhumed the corpse of the woman, cut off the head and in company of his accomplice, took it to the herbalist house where they were apprehended before delivering it,” the statement read.

The State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered a full investigation into the past activities of the suspects with the view to charging them to court as soon as investigation is concluded.