Two men apprehended with human bones, 15 used baby pads

Two men have been arrested with suspected human bones in Delta State.

Confirming the incident to newsmen in Asaba, the state capital on Monday, the Commissioner of Police Hafiz Inuwa, said they were suspected ritualists pretending to be mentally unstable.

He said, “One Stephen Oyibare, a vigilance leader, reported at the station that two suspected ritualists pretending to be of unsound mind were accosted under the DSC Expressway Bridge. Upon a search, the suspects were found with suspected human bones.”

Inuwa stated that police operatives recovered nine suspected human bones, 15 used baby pads, a pair of skating shoes, a red-brownish powdered substance wrapped in three black polythene bags, a sack containing clothing, documents and two voter cards belonging to one of the suspects”.

He noted that the suspects were identified as Yakubu Bala Dagan, 33, and Emmanuel Obughor, 30. Inuwa said the suspects were coherent in their speech, adding that the recovered bones have been sent to a laboratory for analysis.