A 28-year-old herbalist, Ismail Adewuyi, has been caught allegedly stealing a female corpse’s head and intestines at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, in the Ede area of Osun state.
He was said to have been caught by Men of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service in Ede, Osun State, on Saturday.
Metronetworknews learnt that the herbalist stormed the cemetery in the early hours of Saturday and exhumed the corpse, cut the head and brought out its intestines.
It learnt that he was making his way out of the cemetery when luck ran out of him as a member of hunters service, who had suspected his movement, laid an ambush and arrested him.
A source in Oke Yidi area of the town, said the suspect, while being interrogated by members of the security outfit, admitted being a herbalist.
“We heard the noise and few people that could go out saw hunters interrogating a suspect carrying head of a corpse and intestines that he exhumed at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, Ede.
“The suspect was later handed over to the police. Those that arrested him recorded his confession on video. The suspect is with the police”, he disclosed.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the arrest of the suspect, saying investigation had commenced.
“On Saturday, around 1.25am, a member of Nigeria Hunter in Ede, arrested one Adewuyi Ismail, 28, of Oke-Ola, Agbagudu, Ede, and brought him to the station with an unknown fresh female head and intestines”, he said.
The PPRO added; “The suspect was arrested around 1am at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, Abere Road, Ede. The investigation is in progress”.
