Two suspects, Raji Silver and Nodji Kodji who were arrested with human skulls in Adamawa, have revealed that they dug the skulls and the bones from a grave in Cameroon.
According to the duo, we exhumed the skulls and bones to sell them to the Dauda, who once bought them at the sum of 5 million Cameroonian currency.
“We brought it for him to buy, but Dauda told us that he is not interested and that they were arrested while searching for another buyer.”
Nigeriacrime.com gathered that the operatives also arrested a suspected buyer of the skulls, identified as Dauda Yakubu, a commercial motorcycle operator and a woman in connection to the alleged crime.
It was further learned that the two suspects who hail from Cholli, a community in Cameroon Republic were nabbed with humans on the 11th of October 2022, at Garware village in Fufore.
The buyer, Dauda Yakubu a commercial motorcycle operator and a native of Farang in Fufore LGA. was arrested while conveying the suspects in the village.
Parading the suspects, the Image Maker of the Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said that the suspects were arrested by the operatives while on routine patrol in the area.
SP Nguroje added that the suspects were arrested by the team led by CSP Usman Jauroyel, saying that it was another remarkable achievement recorded by the Command in its effort towards fighting crime and criminality.
He explained that the suspects had confessed to digging the skulls and the bones from a grave in a certain village in Cameroon Republic and brought it into Nigeria for sale.
He said that upon apprehending them, the Commissioner of Police, S.K Akande, ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for discreet investigation.
He revealed that the investigation led to the arrest of 3 suspects in connection to the crime, and called on the general public to be wary of people of such character.
SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, advised that adequate security be provided at the cemeteries to arrest suspicious persons moving around, saying they have to provide security not only to the living but the dead.