The Nigerian Police Force, Delta State Command, has arrested a herbalist is simply identified as Ike, aka Ogenesu.
The suspected ritualist was arrested after policemen attached to the Obiaruku Police Division recovered suspected human parts at his place in Obiaruku, in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state.
The Deltan gathered that the herbalist was arrested alongside a yet-to-be-identified suspected internet fraudster or scammer otherwise known as ‘Yahoo boy’.
It was gathered that the fraudster was driving to a destination in Obiaruku around 5.20pm on Friday, October 28, when five policemen, who were on stop-and-search duty, flagged down his vehicle.
Instead of parking, the suspect zoomed off, as the policemen, who became suspicious of his action, gave him a hot chase, and caught up with him.
An eyewitness resident, who preferred anonymity for security reasons, said the policemen, while searching the vehicle, found a note specifying the need for human parts.
“The instruction on the note was that the man should provide a human head, hand, and leg. After recovering the note, the policemen asked what he wanted to use the specified items for and out of fear, he said it was for something.
“So, the policemen embarked on full investigation by visiting the Obiaruku Police Station to obtain a warrant to search his three-bedroom flat, and while searching his house, they found another written note requesting the same items in the first written note that was found in his car,” the resident added.
The eyewitness also said that after the policemen found the notes, they detained the suspect and during interrogation, he said the herbalist requested the human parts.
He explained that the next day, the suspect led policemen to the herbalist’s house, and while searching the premises, a decomposing corpse was found beside a fishpond.
“The herbalist used nylon to cover the corpse and since the corpse was close to the fishpond, nobody perceived the smell because of the odor around the fishpond.
“The policemen took the Yahoo boy and the herbalist to the station, and they were transferred to the state command for further investigation,” the source added.
Defending the decomposing corpse, Ike told the Police that “It was my child that was buried; I dug the grave and removed the corpse from where it was buried.”
When contacted, spokesperson for state command, DSP Bright Edafe, did not take his calls and had yet to respond to a text message sent to his mobile phone as of the time this report was filed.
