By Dada Ahmed.
The Police in Kwara state have attested two suspected male ritualists found in possession of fresh human head and two hands.
The two suspected ritualists.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the state,SP Okasanmi Ajayi, made the disclosure on Sunday in a statement he signed and a copy made available to The Reporters.
According to him,in furtherance of the unrelenting effort of the Police Command in the state to rid the State of crimes and all forms of criminality, eagle eyed policemen attached to Operation Harmony, arrested the two suspects.
He added that the police men, while on patrol of Oke Oyi/Jebba on Sunday at about 1130hrs, intercepted two men on a motorcycle who attempted to evade the officers on stop and search duty.
The action of the suspects, he said, aroused the suspicion of the operatives.
” Consequently, the suspects were hotly chased and forced to a stop.
“In the process of searching them, a bag containing fresh human head and hands were found in their possession.
“On interrogation, the suspected ritualists by name Wasiu Omonose (35) of Abioye compound, Share and one Akanbi Ibrahim (32) of Sayo street Share stated that they were taking the fresh human head and hands to an Alfa in Ilorin for ritual purposes,” the police image maker further revealed.
Ajayi qouted the commissioner of police Kwara State, Cp Tuesday Assayomo, as warning criminal elements to relocate form the state, adding that the Police Command would not fold its arms and allow criminals of whatever nomenclature truncate the peace and harmony presently existing in the state.
“Any person or group of persons found in any manner attempting to initiate the breakdown of law and order in the state would be arrested and made to bear the full wrath of the law,”Assayomo said.
The Commissioner of Police restated his determination to prosecute the suspected ritualists as soon as investigation into the matter is concluded.
