A 50-year-old herbalist, Felix Ogunbanwo, was on Monday arrested by Ijebu-Ode Obanta Safe and Secure Vigilante Group with two human skulls.
He was nabbed in his room in
Irawo-Ijebu near Ijebu-Ode
following a tip-off.
Ogunbanwo told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the office of the vigilante group, that he planned to use the two skulls for “money rituals for himself.”
He said the skulls were that of a male and female corpse, adding that he had been monitoring the grave of the deceased since last year when they were buried.
Ogunbanwo, a father of three, said he successfully dug the grave and exhumed the skulls since he was one of the grave diggers in the town.
I was able to identify which of the grave is that of a male and female corpse because I am one of the grave diggers in the town.
I was one of those who dug
the grave of the deceased
from which I exhumed the two skulls.
I wanted to use the skulls for money rituals for myself
before I was caught by the
vigilante group and I am the
only person involved in the
business,’’ the herbalist told
NAN.
Mr Yemi Odukoya, Zonal
Secretary, Ogun State Vigilante group, said the herbalist was arrested following a tip-off.
Odukoya said one of the
children of the herbalist called Johnson saw the skulls in his father`s room and informed his friend.
According to Odukoya,
Johnson`s friend informed his father who alerted the
vigilante group.
Odukoya said the herbalist
would be handed over to the
police for necessary action.
He appealed to residents of
Ijebu-Ode and its environs to
always give the vigilante group useful information that would assist them in fighting crime in the town.
