Herbalists, Ritual Killers Arrested With Human Head In Ibadan

 

The Oyo State chapter of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC), at the weekend
paraded two herbalists and five
other suspects who were caught
with a severed ‘human head’.
Among the suspects paraded at
NSCDC’s headquarters at Railway
Quarters, Ibadan, were three
middle-aged women.
A coffin, three cars, calabash,
clothes, 16 hand sets, charms and
other items were also recovered
from the suspects who claimed to
be natives of Oyo town.
The state Commandant of the
NSCDC, Mr. Shem Obafaiye told
journalists that the suspects were
arrested at Iware, Oyo State,
following an intelligence report.
The severed head found on the
suspects had a deep machete cut
and was dripping blood but the
suspects claimed it was not a real
head.
One of the herbalists, Hamidu,
who is the group leader said he
was not a ritualist but was only in
the act of defrauding his clients
by presenting them with fake
parts.
“I was in my office when I started
hearing gunshots. What you are
looking at is not a human head as
they claimed, we used cassava
flour to mould it. We put blood we
got from a cow so that it would
look as a real human blood. I
agree that I am a fraudster and
not a ritualist. I have been
practising as herbalist for the past
10 years. I don’t kill human
beings.”
But Obafaiye insisted that the
issue of the head being fake or
not would be deciphered after the
coroner’s inquiry.
According to him, the suspects
would be handed over to the State
Security Service (SSS) for further
investigation.
The NSCDC boss however, advised
that parents should monitor the
movement of their children .
Ritualists, he warned, were always
lurking around.