At around 2.35 a.m. on January 21, 2025, a 54-year-old man named Adelani Oriyomi was arrested by members of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, or So-Safe Corps, for allegedly trying to exhume a human skull at a tomb in Kere, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
According to a statement released by So-Safe Corps Commander Soji Ganzallo via the office of the Corps' Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, officers on routine patrol noticed suspicious activity on a piece of property behind a church, but the suspect fled to avoid detection. He went back to excavating the tomb to purportedly recover a human skull after it appeared that everything was safe. But before he could go, the officers came back to the site and caught him.
Ganzallo reported that during questioning, the suspect—a resident of Kere, Obada-Oko in the Ewekoro Local Government Area—confessed to the crime.
Oriyomi admitted that on January 18, 2025, he had exhumed a skull from a tomb on a plot of land behind his residence.
The statement claims that the suspect admitted to trying to find another skull to complete the number required for a money ritual preparation known as Osole.
Oriyomi also revealed that the first skull was concealed in his room. Additionally, the suspect admitted to being a seasoned criminal who had previously sold almost ten skulls.
He revealed that previous arrests for similar offenses committed at Ado-Odo led to two years of imprisonment and a further six years and nine months at the Oba Correctional Center, following another conviction in Obada-Oko.
Commander Ganzallo confirmed that the suspect and the recovered exhibit, a fully dried human skull, have been handed over to the Nigeria Police Force, Obada Divisional headquarters, for further investigation and possible prosecution.
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