Two men have been arrested by operatives of the Kwara State Police Command having been found with the head of a boy and his hands.
Suspected to be ritualists, the police had accosted the duo on the Oke-Oyi Jebba Road in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The two suspects, Wasiu Omonose (35) and Akanbi Ibrahim (32), were arrested by policemen on stop and search on the Old Ilorin/Jebba Road.
The items were found in a bag in possession of the two.
Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed that the two suspects confessed that they were taking the human parts to an alfa (Muslim cleric) in Ilorin, the state capital.
The statement said, “They attempted to evade the officers on stop and search, which aroused the suspicion of the operatives. Consequently, the suspects were hotly chased and forced to stop. In the process of searching them, a bag containing a fresh human head and hands were found in their possession.
“On interrogation, the suspected ritualists stated that they were taking the fresh human head and hands to an alfa in Ilorin for ritual purposes.”
Okasanmi, who said the police had commenced an investigation into the crime, stated that efforts were on to arrest the cleric mentioned by the suspects.