Police arrest cleric with suspected human flesh

By Adeola Badru

The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the apprehension of a middle-aged Islamic cleric, identified arsenic Alfa Basiru, recovered successful possession of items suspected to beryllium quality soma astatine the Ibadan Toll Gate extremity of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

In a related development, the Command’s Stop and Search squad besides recovered an abandoned Toyota Camry vehicle, aft its operator reportedly fled connected ft during a regular hunt connected the expressway.

The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, made the disclosure via the Command’s verified X (formerly Twitter) grip yesterday.

He stated that the find involving the cleric occurred during a Stop and Search cognition conducted by the Federal Highway Patrol Team connected a Lagos-bound commercialized autobus with registration fig XA 561 IRG astatine the Ibadan Toll Gate area.

According to Osifeso, the lawsuit has been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, for further investigation.

He added that forensic investigation would beryllium carried retired connected the seized items to find their content.

In a abstracted incident, Osifeso besides confirmed the betterment of a Toyota Camry conveyance abandoned by its operator during different hunt operation.

He explained that constabulary operatives flagged down the car during a Stop and Search, astatine which constituent the operator attempted to evade apprehension by fleeing the scene. The conveyance has since been taken into constabulary custody.

“The car has been taken into custody by the Command, portion members of the nationalist with morganatic claims to the conveyance are urged to travel guardant with verifiable documents oregon interaction the Police Command,” Osifeso stated.

He further emphasised that the Stop and Search operations being carried retired by the bid are not exaggerated information theatrics, but alternatively deliberate and strategical efforts to support instrumentality and order, arsenic good arsenic guarantee the information of residents and travellers wrong Oyo State.

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