by Yerindideke Kindness Ayibakuro
Kwara State Police has arrested a 24-year-old man, Kehinde Moses, with a bag allegedly containing a freshly severed human head and hand along Ajase-Ipo road during stop and search duty.
This was disclosed by Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, in a statement in Ilorin on Monday.
Bagega said that the suspect was arrested by a team of ‘Operation Harmony’ in a commercial bus and in the process of searching the bag, one man took to his heels while Moses was arrested.
According to him, the bag was searched and a freshly severed human head and hands of a boy were discovered.
The CP said that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to have killed the victim, named Mohammed, in Ajase Ipo with his fleeing partner for ritual purposes.
Tarakiri voice newspaper reports that the CP has directed the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for thoroug investigation and ordered the arrest of anyone connected to the heinous crime.
Tarakiri voice newspaper also reports that the suspect took a team of investigators to where the body was dumped for purposes of recovery, and the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
