command have arrested two
suspected human parts
dealers identified as Dipo
Olorunto and one Baba
Isegun aka Asiwaju while
trying to sell human parts
over the weekend at Atan
Ota area of Ogun State.
According to Daily
Independent, 35 year old
Dipo Olorunto who claims to
be farmer and married with
four children, said he was
contacted by a friend of
Baba Isegun to help him get
a human skull which was to
be used for the treatment of
mentally ill patients. Dipo
said he got the skull at
Cotonou, Benin Republic for
N12,500.
"Baba Isegun told me to
bring a human skull for
him to buy. He said he
uses it to treat sicknesses
such as madness. I work
as a farmer in Atan Ota
area. It was a friend who
introduced me to Baba
Isegun that I could help
him get human parts. I
have to go to Cotonou to
buy the head. I wanted to
sell it to him for N20, 000.
But police arrested me
before I got to him." he
said
Confirming their arrested,
the Lagos state Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu said the
suspects will soon be
charged to court. He said
that Baba Isegun took ill
while in police custody and
has been released on health
grounds but will return to
stand trial when he becomes
medically fit.
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