A 32-year old carpenter, Mustapha Bello and his 25-year-old barber friend, Oladele Damilare have been arraigned before Oyo State Magistrates’ Court for alleged unlawful possession of human head and interfering with the dead.
The duo were arraigned on three count charge of conspiracy, unlawful possession and interfering with the dead.
The Police prosecutor, Inspector Femi Oluwadare in a charge put before the court disclosed that the two friends committed the offences on August 12th 2024.
He said, “On August 12th 2024, they had in their possession a human head of one late Suliyat Olasunkanmi, 36, which they dug from her grave without lawful justification.”
He alleged that the defendants improperly and indecently exhumed the corpse of Suliyat Olasunkanmi from the grave and cut off her head and hands.
“It was the carpenter, Olasunkami who works around the area where the corpse was buried and they went back to cut off her head and hands the next day.”
Oluwadare noted that the offences contravened Sections 242 (1) (b), 329 A and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
However, the two defendants pleaded not guilty to the offences pressed against them.
Subsequently, Chief Magistrate M. Mudashiru admitted the defendants to N200,000 bail each, with two sureties each in like sum.
Mudashiru said one of the sureties must be a blood relation, while the other surety must have N5 million balance in his/her bank account.
He, thereafter, adjourned the matter until Oct. 21, for hearing
Source : The Whistler
