Court remands herbalist caught with human body parts

June 9, 2017 4:26 AM

The prosecutor said that police investigation revealed that Abdulwasiu was an herbalist using the human parts for rituals.

18 Christians sentenced to jail.

Magistrate Mohammed Lawal ordered that the accused be remanded at Mondala Prison, Ilorin and adjourned the case until June 19 for mention.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Toyin Olasupo, told the court that the accused was apprehended on April 23 by residents of Ita-Kudimo area of Ilorin.

According to the prosecutor, the police saved the accused from being lynched by an angry mob.

He said that on interrogation, the accused could not give satisfactory account of how he came about the human head and body parts.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful possession of human part.

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