The Ondo State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a 26-year-old man, Olaolu Falowo, for allegedly being in possession of human parts.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, disclosed this while parading nine other criminal suspects in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Tuesday.
Odunlami said Falowo, a resident of Kuseru Village in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been in police custody over a case of alleged car theft.
He said while in custody, a resident reported to the police that an offensive smell was oozing out from Falowo’s room.
“Precisely on August 31, the Kajola Police Division got a report that an offensive odour was oozing out from Falowo’s room.
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“After a police search of his house, they found two human legs and arms. We also found a human skull in a sack in his father’s house,” he said.
The police spokesperson stated that upon interrogation, Falowo said the human parts were that of a mad man whom he found sick in the forest
Odunlami added that Falowo told the police that he killed the man and took his parts in order to reduce his pains and suffering.
He said contrary to the suspect’s claim, a family member of the deceased told the police that he was a farmer, and was not sick.
The spokesperson stated that Falowo and his father who were currently in detention would be charged to court after the completion of an investigation.
