2men caught with human head in Osogbo

 There was a commotion at Kelebe, Osogbo, Osun state as two middle-aged men were caught with a human head . The men after they were caught and beaten to pulp by mob allegedly confessed to have severed the head from a freshly buried corpse at burial ground belonging to Al-Birr (Doing Good) Foundation.
Daily Sun gathered that people in the area have placed the suspects under watch as they have been frequenting the area in the recent times.

Those who spoke said when they were earlier accosted few months ago, the duo said they were bricklayer working in one of the plots in the area. “We have noticed that some people have been disturbing the graveyard recently.

We reported our findings to the police and intensified personal surveillance with local security and vigilante. We also went spiritual. All these yielded positive result and they were caught”, Mr. Jimoh Abdul Lateef, the secretary to the Foundation disclosed. Luck ran out on them when the local security demanded for the content of the black bag carried by one of them early in the morning.

Heated argument ensued as they initially refused to open the bag and when they discovered that they have been exposed, they attempted to escape but they were overpowered and beaten mercilessly. The two were said to have confessed that the head was the sixth severed from corpses in the graveyard. The suspects were later handed over to the police for further investigation.

The two men were detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Ring Road, Osogbo.
When contacted, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Solomon Olusegun confirmed the incident, saying that whoever was involved in the case would be prosecuted.
From MUTIU GANIYU, Osogbo