Photo: Human parts syndicate busted in Lagos

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. Continue...
"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 Olarewaju, 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.