Police arrested a suspected ritualist in possession of human head 

Stanley Ihedigbo

Operatives attached to Adatan Divisional Police Headquarters, Ogun State  has apprehended a suspected ritualist for unlawfully possessing a human head.

According to report, one Nojeem Balogun, residing around Iyana Cele Car Wash, Abeokuta, visited the Police Divisional Headquarters and reported that on June 23, 2024 , one of his siblings alerted him about unusual activities at their late father’s grave in Isale Itoko, Abeokuta.

Upon inspection, he found that their father’s head had been removed by an unidentified individual or group.

Further inquiries led to the identification of Lekan Akinyemi who was caught red handed as the culprit who dug up the grave and severed the head.

Akinyemi was caught in the act and the case will be handed over to the Anti-Robbery unit for investigation before transferring it to the State CID.