The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) has apprehended a man, Adelani Oriyomi , at a tomb in Kere, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta, while attempting to exhume a human skull.
Thenewsbearer learnt that after his arrest, the suspect said that he was not new to the criminal business, as he had sold 10 human skulls in the past and had been jailed twice for the offence.
In a statement issued by the Commander of So-Safe Corps, Dr Soji Ganzallo, through the office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, it was said that the suspect, aged 54, hid when he spotted the So-Safe officers who were on routine patrol on Tuesday, January 21,
at about 2:35 a.m.
During the patrol, the personnel had observed suspicious activity on a parcel of land behind a church, but when they left, the suspect believed that the coast seemed clear and resumed digging the tomb to exhume the targeted human skull.
However, the officers returned to the scene and caught him before he could escape.
Ganzallo revealed that the suspect, a resident of Kere, Obada-Oko in Ewekoro Local Government Area, confessed to the crime during interrogation.
“Oriyomi admitted that on January 18, 2025, he had exhumed a skull from a tomb on a plot of land behind his residence.
“He also opened up that he was now attempting to get another skull to complete the number required for money ritual preparation known as Osole.
“Oriyomi further disclosed that he had hidden the first skull in his room.
“The suspect also confessed to being a serial offender, having sold nearly 10 skulls in the past.
“He revealed that previous arrests for similar offences committed at Ado-Odo led to his imprisonment for two years and a further six years and nine months at the Oba Correctional Centre following another conviction in Obada-Oko,” the Commander said in the statement.
Commander Ganzallo confirmed that the suspect and the recovered exhibit – a dry human skul – had been handed over to Obada Divisional Headquarters of Ogun State Police Command for further investigation.
In his remarks, Ganzallo urged community leaders to thoroughly screen tenants and visitors to prevent harboring undesirable individuals.
