Operatives of Ondo State Police Command have arrested a cleric, Mr. Oluwafemi Idris, for alleged unlawful possession of human parts.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP. Abayomi Oladipo, said that the police got an intelligence from a reliable source in January 2024 that Idris, popularly known as Alfa, kept human parts in his house and intends to use them for ritual purposes.
According to Oladipo, the police swung into action and apprehended the suspect while human parts, including hands, three kidneys, three hearts, spine and tongue were found in his possession when a search was conducted in his house at Akoko. “The suspect claimed that he is an Islamic cleric and some of the human parts were supplied by his friend, an Alhaji, who is also a cleric and one Samuel Kutelu while he supplied one Babatunde Kayode (an Oluawo) three human heads.
Both Oluawo and Kayode have been arrested while effort is on to arrest the other cleric that supplied the human parts.
