Crime
Father of 10 in possession of human skull arrested
By IFEOMA IKEM
Operatives of Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man, Danbaba Umar, in Kaoje, Bagudo Local Government Area, who specialises in exhuming corpses from graves for ritual purposes.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kabiru, said in Birnin Kebbi that the arrest of the suspect followed a tip-off.
He said Umar was arrested at about 3:30 a.m. at the Kaoje graveyard while attempting to exhume a male corpse for ritual purposes.
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He said the suspect confessed to the crime and revealed that he was sent to commit the act by one, Malam Muhammadu from Sokoto State.
A father of ten, the suspect disclosed that he was a professional driver who used to transport wood from Zaria to Sokoto for sale prior to his recruitment for the criminal act.
The suspect said he did not have enough money to cater for his family.
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