By Desire Emmanuel
A man who was arrested after he was found with fresh human intestines in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has told men of the state police command that he was on his way to deliver them two Islamic and Christian clerics after they had paid for them.
The command announced the arrest in a statement on Tuesday, March 24, saying that the two clerics, when interrogated, also confessed paying in advance for the intestines.
The police gave the name of the man as Joseph Oyategbe who was arrested along the Adekile area of the city while the names of the two clerics were given as Alfa Onaolapo and Pastor Ayodele Taiwo.
It was gathered that the police officers, while conducting stop-and-search operations, flagged down the man riding an unregistered motorcycle. During a search of the pillion of the motorcycle, a package containing fresh human intestines was found.
The man was immediately arrested and during his interrogation, he confessed that he obtained the intestines from a yet-to-be apprehended individual at Orita Aperin area and further admitted to selling the items to the two clerics.
Following his confessional statement, policemen eventually apprehended the clerics and brought them to the station for interrogation. They were said to have confessed paying for the human intestines.
The three men had given more useful information to the police operatives while the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for more investigation and they are expected to be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.
