Police Arraign Two Men For Stealing Human Skull From Cemetery

Two males Saidi Mutiu, 41, and Olasunkanmi Oladejo, 35, have been arraigned earlier than the Iyaganku Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for illegal possession of a human cranium.

 

The duo have been arraigned on Thursday by Oyo State Police Command.

 

The Mutiu and Oladejo have been trialled on a three- depend cost bothering on alleged conspiracy, illegal possession and interfering with human corpse.

 

Mutiu of Idi-Arere space, Ibadan, and Oladejo of Oju-Odo space, Academy, Ibadan, nonetheless, pleaded not responsible to the fees.

 

However the police prosecutor, Foluke Adedosu, had knowledgeable the court docket that the defendants allegedly conspired to commit the act of misconduct with regard to the corpse.

 

She stated on August 31, at about 1.30pm at Problem space in Ibadan, the defendants allegedly had of their possession one human head with out lawful justification.

 

“The duo of Mutiu and Oladejo was alleged to have indecently interfered with a corpse by eradicating the top with out lawful justification. The defendants allegedly tampered with the corpse buried at a Muslim burial floor in Ibadan the place they dug the grave and lower the corpse’s head.

 

“Mutiu and Olasunkanmi have been caught whereas driving in an unregistered Toyota automotive travelling in direction of Ibadan-Lagos expressway by the Federal Freeway Police patrol crew on cease and search. The car was searched by the police, the corpse’s head was hid in a black cellophane bag within the automotive,” she stated.

 

Adedosu added that the offence contravened Sections 242, 329A and 516 of the Legal Code Legal guidelines of Oyo State 2000.

 

The Justice of the Peace, Mrs I. O Osho finally, granted the defendants bail within the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum every and adjourned the case until December 21, 2021, for listening to.