Police arrest two men with human skulls in Kaduna cemetery

Police in Kaduna have arrested two suspected ritualists with human skulls at a cemetery in the state.

State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, disclosed in a statement on Saturday.

Jalige also said a hoe, a local instrument that could be used for exhuming graves, were found in possession of the suspected ritualists.

The PPRO’s statement read, “On the 23rd April, 2021 at about 2130hrs, the command received a distress call through DPO Kakuri, Kaduna, that some people were sighted at the Muslim graveyard at Kudenden and were suspected to be carrying out a heinous act.

“On getting the report, operatives were immediately dispatched to the area where they succeeded in apprehending the following persons; (1) Abdulaziz Jimoh ‘M’ 68yrs of Zaki Close, Kabala West Kaduna, and (2) Mohammed Isa ‘M’ 30yrs of the same address. Recovered in the possession of the said persons were a hoe and some human skulls.

“Meanwhile, investigation into the incident is ongoing and the suspects will be charged to court on completion of same.

“The command solicits prompt information on any suspicious person or group to enable it tackle the activities of the men of the underworld.”