A man said to be in his 30s and identified
simply as Saka was nearly lynched in Ilorin,
Kwara State on Friday by a mob after he was
allegedly caught with human parts.
The entreaties of elders in the community to hand
the suspect over to the police at the 'C' Division,
Oja-Oba, was said to have saved Saka from being
killed.
The suspect was said to have been apprehended by
the residents around Ajia compound in Gambari
area of Ilorin while he was allegedly exhuming a
corpse.
It was also allegedly caught with a bag containing
human parts.
The residents feared that the human parts were
meant for a ritual purpose.
Our correspondent learnt on Friday that because of
the ongoing construction of a road which affected
some tombs in the Ajia compound, family
members were exhuming their relations' corpses
for re-burial elsewhere.
It was learnt that the suspect, who was not a
member of the affected families, reportedly took
advantage of the situation to exhume some corpses
and allegedly removed their parts.
Luck, however, ran out on him when the family
members noticed him and raised the alarm.
Residents thereafter swooped on him.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr.
Olufemi Fabode, confirmed to journalists on Friday
that two people had been arrested in connection
with the illegal act.
He added that though the suspects claimed
innocence, the police were still investigating the
matter.
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