Man bags 6 years for possession of human head

Agboola Bayo,
Ibadan

An Oyo state Chief Magistrate court sitting in Ibadan, yesterday sentenced a 37-year-old man to six years in prison with hard labour for possession of human head.
The prosecutor, Inspector Amos Adewale, at the resumed hearing of the case said on January 15, 2017, at about 1:30am at Onibuke Zone 1, Aba Alfa Area of Olomi Ibadan.
He said, “the accused did unlawfully had in his possessions a human skull which investigation confirmed to be the head of the corpse of a 62years old, Tajudeen Akanbi, which he has interfered with where the deceased was intern.

The prosecutor who presented the skull as one of the four exhibit in court, told the court that the offences contravened sections 329A and 242(1)(b), Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo state of Nigeria 2000.
Also, the only witness in the case, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in charge of the case Inspector Augustin Ihire, told the court that the accused led him to the deceased family’s house at Olomi, where he chopped off the deceased’s head.

Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Durosaro Tijani, before delivering her judgment asked the accused to tell the court why he should be favoured after all the argument and evidences that he was actually caught with a human skull and also that he had been caught before with human body parts.
She sentenced the accused to two years in prison for the first count charge of illegal possession of human skull and 4years for the second count charge which has to do with interference with a corpse without bail option.

The judge maintained that the accuse reserves the right to appeal the judgment.
It will be recalled that Saheed Musiliu, was arrested with one human skull on January 15, 2017 and later arraigned in court eight days later by the police in a suit no MI/88/2017 on a two-count charge bothering on unlawful possession of human skull and interference with a corpse.
The accused pleaded guilty to the charges but prayed the court to show him mercy.

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