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Four teenagers were arrested in Mbo State Local Government
Area of Akwa Ibom State when they went looking for a buyer of a human
skull in their possession.
Area of Akwa Ibom State when they went looking for a buyer of a human
skull in their possession.
The
Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, Delia
Nwawe, said the
suspects were arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigation
Department(CID) on receiving an alert from vigilant youths in the
area.
Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, Delia
Nwawe, said the
suspects were arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigation
Department(CID) on receiving an alert from vigilant youths in the
area.
The alleged leader of the group, Emmanuel
Edet Ikot denied the accusation, claiming that he only stumbled on a human skull
while working at an uncompleted building for a man who had paid him to cut grasses.
Edet Ikot denied the accusation, claiming that he only stumbled on a human skull
while working at an uncompleted building for a man who had paid him to cut grasses.
“I was paid to cut grass and clean up an uncompleted building
by one man in Oron. As i was clearing the place i stumbled on a human
skull. I then rushed to inform my friends of what i found and in the
company of those my friends, we went to pick the human skull.After
picking it,we decided to sell it, but we did not know of any possible
buyer. So, it was suggested by one of us that we take it to a native
doctor in Mbo.The four of us went together,but on our way, we were held
by the youth leader of Mbo. After the skull was found on me, he called
the police to arrest us.That is why we are here. I have not sold human
parts before.”
by one man in Oron. As i was clearing the place i stumbled on a human
skull. I then rushed to inform my friends of what i found and in the
company of those my friends, we went to pick the human skull.After
picking it,we decided to sell it, but we did not know of any possible
buyer. So, it was suggested by one of us that we take it to a native
doctor in Mbo.The four of us went together,but on our way, we were held
by the youth leader of Mbo. After the skull was found on me, he called
the police to arrest us.That is why we are here. I have not sold human
parts before.”
Ikot and
other suspects, Ubong Udong (18) from Oron, Bright Effiong Okon (19)
from Orukim in Mbo LGA and Okon Ita (20) also from Orukim have been in
police
custody and are waiting to be charged to court for trading in human
parts.
