An Ogun state Chief Magistrates sitting in Abeokuta has on Wednesday sentenced a 42-year-old man, Sikiru Alimi to 2 years imprisonment, for illegal possession of human skulls.
Mr. Alimi, who pleaded guilty to a four count charge of conspiracy, misdemeanour to wit misconduct, illegal possession of human skull and illegal exhumation of human body was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Ayoadele Ayobolu.
Magistrate Ayobolu sentenced Alimi to two years imprisonment on each count, adding that the term was to be served concurrently.
The Police Prosecutor, Banji Sangotokun, had told the court that the convict, who had no particular address committed the offences on June 30, 2012 at about 2am. at Isale-Itoko in Abeokuta.
He said luck ran out of Alimi when on the said date he went to illegally exhume the corpse of one Jimoh Ogunmolu for ritual purpose.
According to him, “Nemesis caught up with him (Alimi) when his phone mistakenly dropped at the grave site of Ogunmolu and the police used the phone to arrest him.
“Three human skulls were found in Alimi’s possession.”
He said the offences committed by Alimi contravened Sections 517, 242, 516 and 329 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006.
However, Alimi, who did not have legal representative, pleaded guilty to the four-count charge levelled against him.
He also confessed in the court that he was a specialist in excavating corpses from graveyards and cutting off their skulls for ritual purpose.
“I sell the skulls at Itoku market at the rate of N5,000 each to my partner who is now at large,’’ Mr. Alimi said.
He claimed that his criminal act was as a result of a generational curse placed on him and pleaded for leniency, saying his wife is dead and he has children to cater for.
Source :Dailypost
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