Oyo Police Parade Man Caught with Fresh Human Head, Hands

One Hassan Kolawole, caught with items suspected to be fresh human head and two hands, was on Friday paraded by the Oyo State Police Command.

The 45yr old suspect who was arrested around Ogbere-tioya Axis, Ibadan under Ona-ara Local Govt Area, was paraded at the police command headquarters eleyele, Ibadan.

The Oyo State Commissioner of Police CP Adebola Hamzat said the suspect was arrested acting on credible intelligence, provided at the Iyaganku Area Command by members of the public regarding the activities of a suspected ritualist who deals with the use of human body parts for ritual purposes and parades himself as a cleric in a bid to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.

"On Monday, 06/11/2023 at about 1000hrs, the dragnet of the Command caught up with the suspect, one Hassan Kolawole ‘m’ after purposeful investigations and tracking around Ogbere-tioya Area, Ibadan under Ona-ara Local Govt Area in possession of an items suspected to be Fresh Human Head and Two (2) Hands given to him by one Tijani Waheed 'm' presently at large".

The commissioner however said that investigation is in progress to demystify circumstances surrounding the incident, while updates would be provided accordingly.