Court remands 76-year-old man found with 18 human skulls

A Magistrates Court in Ota, Ogun state, on Monday remanded a septuagenarian, Sunday Toyinbo, and one Adelani Ogundimu, 40, for allegedly being in possession of 18 human skulls and conspiracy.

The prosecutor, Sgt. ItaIta Ebobimino told the court that the accused and others now at large committed the offences on March 11 at Yewa and Ado-Odo area of the state.

He alleged that Toyinbo, 76 and the other accused engaged in unlawful exhumation and possession of the human skulls for ritual purposes.

Ebobimino said that the offences contravened sections 329 (a) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Law of Ogun State, 2006.

The Magistrate, Mrs Titi Bello, directed that the accused be kept in prison custody.

She adjourned the case till May 26 for mention.