Court sends human head dealer to 6 years imprisonment

A human skull dealer, Mr Saheed Musiliu, 37, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour.

The judgement was delivered at the Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Iyaganku, Oyo State, presided over by the Chief magistrate, Mrs. Durosaro Tijani.

It would be called that Musiliu was caught with one human skull on January 15, 2017 and later arraigned in court eight days later after in­vestigation by the police.

The accused was arraigned on a two-count charge bor­dering on unlawful posses­sion of human skull. He ac­cused pleaded guilty to the charges but prayed the court to show him mercy.

At the resumed hearing, the prosecutor, Inspector Amos Adewale told the court that on the 15th day of Janu­ary, 2017 at about 1:30am at Onibuke Zone 1, Aba Alfa Area of Olomi Ibadan in the Ibadan Magisterial District, the accused did unlawfully had in his possession a hu­man skull which investigation confirmed to be the head of the corpse of one Tajudeen Akanbi, which he had inter­fered with where the deceased was interned.

The deceased was said to be 62 years old as at the time of his death. According to the prosecutor who presented the skull as one of the four exhib­its in court, the offences con­travened sections 329A and 242(1) (b), Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

The prosecutor also pre­sented one witness to testify against the accused. The wit­ness, who is the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in charge of the case, Inspector Augus­tin Ihire, told the court that the accused led him to the deceased family’s house at Olomi where he chopped off the deceased’s head.