The Lagos State Police Command has commended the residents of Ikorodu for handing over an Imam caught with human skull to the police.
The State Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin gave this commendation on his X handle on Saturday.
Hundeyin wrote, “We commend the good people of Ikorodu for doing the right thing and not yielding to jungle justice. We will ensure justice is done!.”
Residents of Adamo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State have handed over a popular Chief Imam Babalola and four of his men to the police after they were allegedly caught with a human skull and other parts of a human body.
A resident and eyewitness who confirmed this on Friday explained that one of the Islamic clerics was caught with the human skull and he confessed that he was working for his principal, Imam Babalola.
The resident added that the suspects were detained by the anti-kidnapping and cultist Police Unit at Araro Adamo of Lagos State on Thursday.
“I have known the Imam for more than 5 years and this is a man the whole community is standing behind to pray, someone that most of us are looking up to,” the source told SaharaReporters.
“People caught of his men with the head and some human parts, he confessed that he was holding them for the Imam. This was when the people stormed the Imam house and arrested him together with four of his men,” the source added.
