Two suspects, 17-year-old Adewale Abiodun, and Aliyu Mubarak, 24, have told the police of how they obtained and sold off the head of the policeman set ablaze in the wake of the violence that rocked the nation in October, following the EndSARS protests.
The suspects who were arrested for being in possession of the burnt skulls of the two policemen set ablaze in Ibadan in the wake of the #EndSARS protest, gave graphic details of their participation in the incident, the duo, who squealed at the headquarters of the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele narrated how they eventually sold the skull, which was their own booty in the scramble for N1,000 to a native doctor.
The suspects sang like birds after they were arrested by men of the Quick Intervention Unit of the command on Sunday and paraded on Friday, alongside the herbalist, Oladipupo Ifakorede.
In his own testimony, Abiodun narrated how on Monday, October 22, he was co-opted by Mubarak into the odious project.
“Mubarak asked me to follow him to Alabata area in Ibadan, where his wife was staying. We got to Iwo Road and saw that the road had been blocked. Smoke was billowing. When we moved closer to see what was happening, we saw humans being burnt.
“The mob was hitting the burnt bodies with sticks, and started taking the body parts. Mubarak came to me and said he wanted to take some of the body parts. He said he had someone he would sell them to. Mubarak went to take the two skulls.
“We went to the native doctor’s residence in our neighbourhood. After negotiation, the native doctor gave us N500 with the promise to pay the balance of N500. He told us he was not the one who would use them, but that he would take them to a cleric in Ilorin, Kwara State, for ritual purpose.
“After leaving the residence of the native doctor, Mubarak and I went to a restaurant and used the N500 to eat. About 7pm the same day, the native doctor saw me at a junction in our area and gave me N500 balance. Mubarak and I shared the money at N250 each on the third day.”
Corroborating the story, Mubarak, stated that narrated how the body parts of the victims were being dismembered and taking away by the people in the crowd.
He said: “Some people in the crowd removed hands, legs, fingers and feet, while others gathered the ashes from the burnt bodies and took them away. I told Abiodun that I would take the skulls.”
Source Whirlwindnews.com
