Osun: Police arrest suspect over alleged human skull possession

The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Ogunsola Ojo, for alleged conspiracy, unlawful possession of a quality skull, and misconduct with disregard to a corpse.

This was disclosed by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, connected behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, connected Friday.

The bid disclosed that the lawsuit was reported astatine the Oba-Ile Police Station connected June 17, 2026, aft a complainant discovered that the sedate of his precocious elder member had been tampered with.

According to the police, “the complainant told officers that helium visited the grave, located wrong the household compound, connected June 15, 2026, and recovered that the deceased’s skull had been removed by chartless persons.”

The connection said constabulary operatives instantly launched an probe into the matter, acting connected credible quality gathered during preliminary inquiries.

It stated that Ogunsola was arrested and allegedly implicated 3 different men during interrogation.

The constabulary identified the different suspects arsenic “Ayeloja Lateef, aged 40, Azeez Rasheed, aged 50, and 1 Kunle Fatai, who is presently astatine large.”

According to the statement, “subsequent hunt operations astatine the residence of the fleeing fishy led to the betterment of a suspected hu...