Man caught hawking human parts

 The Kwara Command of the  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested  a 35-year-old man for allegedly trading in human parts.
The News Agency of  Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect was arrested in  Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government  Area of the state following a tip-off.
The NSCDC State Deputy Commandant, Mr AlHassan Akor, told NAN in Ilorin on Tuesday that one John Olalekan, a 30-year-old commercial motorcyclist, had earlier been reported missing on March 26  by his family.
He explained that investigation by  officers of the command and the police  led to  the arrest of the suspect who was said to have hired  the deceased to carry  him  to the outskirt of  the town.
The deceased was said to have been  attacked and killed by a gang led by the suspect.



NSCDC officials were said to have discovered the lifeless body of  Olalekan at the back of Government Secondary School (GSS) Omu-Aran without his head, right hand and other vital parts.
Akor said that following the  arrest of the suspect and the search of  his house in Omu-Aran, a polythene bag  containing human parts and stained with blood was discovered.
He said  other items recovered from the suspect’s  residence in Omu-Aran included two dane guns, cutlasses, daggers, Indian hemp and a calabash containing some concoctions.
The suspect, however, was reported to have claimed that the human parts were that of  a  monkey kept with him by a friend.
Akor told NAN that the suspect had since been handed over to the Kwara Police Command for further investigation while the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the University of  Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
The spokesman of the police command, Mr Ezekiel Dabo, confirmed the incident, saying  the suspect would soon appear in court after investigation.