49-year-old Samson Adeneye and a woman, 48-year-old Oyerinde Olawunmi have been arrested in connection with the discovery of human skull found in the ceiling of the St. Peter Cherubim and Seraphim band on Moses Adebisi Street, in the Ketu area of the state.
It was reported in July 2013 of how the human skull was found in the church ceiling by the suspects who alerted two policemen attached to the Special Anti-robbery Squad - ASP Franklin Alade and Cpl Deleojo Odunayo.
Apparently, prior to the incident, Adeneye and Olawunmi, who were former members of the band, were said to have sent threat text messages to some of the church's pastor and also threatened to deal with them and kill them which led to their arrest and arraigned before a Surulere Magistrate's Court on charges of unlawful possession of human head.
Meanwhile the two policemen attached to the Special Anti-robbery Squad - ASP Franklin Alade and Cpl Deleojo Odunayo - were also implicated in the matter, for abuse of office, storming the church without any search warrant and headed for the ceiling where they allegedly found the item.
Upon further investigations by the police it was revealed that the two former members might have arranged the object to implicate the ministers, as suggested by earlier text messages sent to them.
The matter had been adjourned for DPP's advice.
The DPP in its advice, signed by the Deputy Director, Adegboyega Bajulaiye, said: On the matter of the skull, the advice said, "There is however a strong inference from the facts in the case file that Adeneye may have been instrumental to placing ritual objects, including human skulls, on the ceiling of Albert's church because of his prior accusation of Albert being a ritualist. This will only amount to speculation and suspicion, which no matter how grave, cannot stand in the place of law, particularly in the absence of eyewitness account or unequivocal evidence of inference."
The DPP said based on its findings, Adeneye and Olawunmi, should be arraigned for conspiracy to commit felony, written threat to kill and publication of false news.
The magistrate, Mrs. A.O Adedayo, adjourned the matter till July 1, 2014.
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
