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bloodrayne
01-27-2004, 10:19 PM
Nigeria: Gruesome discovery leads to arrests
Staff Reporter
LAGOS, 30 May 2003
Three men in Nigeria have been arrested for being in possession of human skulls and body parts.

LAGOS: Three men have been arrested in this Nigerian city for being in possession of human skulls and other body parts.

Police spokesperson, Emmanuel Ighodalo says the men were arrested after a routine police check around Oshodi area of the city.

Ighodalo says the suspects were caught with seven human skulls, severed hands, fingers and a woman's breast concealed in cellophane bags. He says after interrogation, the men confessed to have been in the business of procuring human parts for unidentified ritualists since 2001.

The suspects say they usually get the human parts from mortuaries and cemeteries.