An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison custody a herbalist, Busari Abdulwasiu, for unlawful possession of human parts.
Magistrate Mohammed Lawal ordered that the accused be remanded at Mondala Prison, Ilorin and adjourned the case until June 19 for a mention.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Toying Olasupo told the court that the accused was apprehended on April 23 by residents of Ita-Kudimo area of Ilorin.
According to the prosecutor, the police saved the accused from being lynched by an angry mob.
He said that on interrogation, the accused could not give a satisfactory account of how he came about the human head and body parts.
The prosecutor said that police investigation revealed that Abdulwasiu was a herbalist using the human parts for rituals.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful possession of human part.
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