The Kwara state police command yesterday paraded a 25-year-old Fulani man, AbdullahiAdamufor allegedly killing
his 65 years old mother and elder brother’s wife in Patigi, Patigi local government area of the state.
The police also paraded Yahaya Umar and AbubakarSaletu with a human head found in their possession.
The state commissioner of Police, Mr OlusolaAmore while briefing newsmen in Ilorin said Adamu killed the victims on August 13,2016.
The names of the deceased are KhadijatUsman(65) and RamatuShagari (35).
Amore further disclosed that Adamu also macheted a cow in the Mamba Fulani camp for no reason.
The suspects with whom human head was found are said to be from Wobe Fulani camp in Okuta, Baruten local government area of the state.
According to the Police commissioner the suspects conspired and lured the deceased (their friend) into the bus, killed him and severed his head.
Amore added: “Kosubosu police division in the local government received information that the suspects were found in possession of a bag containing human head among other things.
Investigation further revealed that the suspects took the head to one AlhajiKuranga of Muhatcompany to buy. The said Alhaji refused and raised alarm.
“A search in the bush led to the recovery of a headless body of a man that had earlier been declared missing, who the suspects confessed to have killed. The cutlass used in the killing and the human head were recovered.”
The commissioner later on inaugurated eminent persons forum to fight crime in the state.
In his address during the inauguration, he said security is not the business of the police but that of all stakeholders.
“That is when the first time I came to the state, I said that my style of policing is community oriented police. That members of the community would be involved in the way they are policed and it is for this reasons that I asked all the District Police Officers and myself to write their numbers in all the police stations and the police headquarters,” he added.
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