The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects in Mowe over alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of a human skull.
The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued on Friday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi, who said the suspects were apprehended on January 8, 2026.
“The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects in Mowe for conspiracy and unlawful possession of a human skull on January 8, 2026,” Oluseyi said.
According to the police spokesperson, the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
“The suspects have been transferred to SCIID, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation,” he added.
A trader around the vicinity where the incident occurred, who pleaded anonymity, had earlier hinted to this correspondent about the incident.
“They perpetrated the crime elsewhere, I believe, but were traced to the area where they live,” the trader said.
Meanwhile, the police said investigations were ongoing to determine the source of the skull and the extent of the suspects’ involvement in the alleged crime.
The Command on August 2025 commenced the prosecution of two men, Kadir Owolabi and Jamiu Yisa, after they were caught with three human skulls in the Ijebu area of the state.
Owolabi was intercepted while riding a motorcycle along the Ijebu Ode/Ibadan Expressway at the Refugees Camp Junction, Oru Ijebu.
Preliminary investigation led detectives to arrest 53-year-old Yisa behind the Ijebu Ode Local Government Secretariat.
