POLICE
ARREST MAN WITH 'ROASTED' HUMAN HEAD IN EKITI STATE
A
23-year-old man simply identified as Nifemi has been arrested for being in
possession of a severed human hand.
The suspect
was arrested this weekend during a stop-and-search operation mounted by the
Police along Ijero-Ikoro Road, Ekiti State. According to a witness, the suspect
was nabbed while going to Okemesi Ekiti through Ijero-Ikoro Road.
The source
added that the young man was said to have kept the human parts in a polythene
bag and was apprehended while taking it to Okemesi. According to the witness,
the suspect said he got the hands at Asa farmstead near Okemesi, and brought
them to Ijero to sell to some people.
Confirming
the arrest, Caleb Ikechukwu, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command
said investigations had begun on the case and how to arrest the suspect's
syndicates. "Our men arrested him during one of our operations," he
said. "We are gathering more facts about the case because we are aware he
has been operating with some people and they have to be brought to book."
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