Human Parts Syndicate Busted In Lagos [See Photo]

Operatives of the Special Anti
Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos
have smashed a syndicate that
specialize in selling human parts,
Vanguard reports.
The 3 suspects whose names were
given as Mustapha Muritala,
Sunday Oluyeba and Adenike
Olanrewaju, were arrested at the
Ojumerin area of Sagamu, Ogun
State following a tip off.
Recovered from the suspects were
two human skulls suspected to
have been procured from a
graveyard.
When interrogated, one of the
suspects, 42 year old Herbalist
Mustapha Murtala, said he
ventured into the business two
years ago following an offer of
N30,000 for a human skull.
“I am a herbalist from Sagamu,
Ogun State. I was introduced to
human parts business by one
Sunday Oluyeba I knew through my
friends, Olanipekun and Kazim,
three years ago.
My friends asked me to get native
birds called eyeoshi and eyeoke,
and I succeeded in getting them.
They later came and requested a
human head with an offer of
N30,000. They said they wanted to
use it to prepare concoction for a
pregnant woman in labour .
They told me they also use human
parts to prepare concoction for
women who have difficulty in
getting pregnant.
What they do is to grind the
human skull, mix it with water and
give to the woman to drink. Such
concoction cleanses the stomach,
after which she would become
pregnant.
Sunday brought the human head
and I paid him N15,000 for it. This
is the second time I am buying a
human skull from him. I do not
know where he got them from.”
Recounting how he was arrested,
Mustapha said
“I was going about my herbal
business when a man came and
demanded human skull.
As I handed the nylon where I kept
it to him, some men I later
discovered to be policemen
swooped on me.
I have never killed anyone in my
life.” he said
After his arrest, he was made to
put a call across to his partner in
crime, Oluyeba, demanding a
human head.
Oluyeba, who was indisposed,
instructed one of his herbalist
friends, Baba Beji, to go for the
supply.
He was arrested when he got
there.
Further investigations by police led
to the arrest of another suspect in
Sagamu.
The suspect, Juwon Olanrewaju,
another herbalist, reportedly fled
on sighting policemen and his
wife, Mrs Olarewaju was arrested
instead.
34 year old Mrs Olarewaju, said
she was shocked to find out her
husband was involved in such a
trade. She said;
“I have been married to Juwon for
five years and we have two
children. My husband is a herbalist
but I didn’t know he was dealing in
human parts.
I was arrested in my house at
about 2am over the weekend. I
swear, I didn’t know anything
about all these.
I was arrested because my
husband whom they came to arrest
ran away. These people implicated
my husband in the matter; they
said my husband supplied them
with a human head.” she said
Police say the suspects will soon
be charged to court.