It was the end of the road for a pastor and another person in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as they were caught attempting to exhume a human skull in Sabo area of the state capital.
The suspects, Michael, 29, and Mathew, allegedly committed the act in the wee hours of Monday.
The Ogun State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye ,who confirmed the incident said: "We got the information at about 12.00 hours that someone was digging a grave in the area and we quickly swung into action."
Okoye added: "The person never knew that the eagle eyes of the police were watching him in the process of removing the corpse.
"We apprehended him immediately he severed the head from the body and told us that it was one Pastor Oyewole that sent him."
The Police Commissioner, who said that Oyewole was subsequently arrested, added that the duo would be charged to court as soon as investigations into the matter were concluded.
While urging members of the public to continue to assist the police by giving useful information that could be used to track down criminals, Okoye said this was necessary for effective policing in the state.
He allayed the fears that the identity of such an informer would be disclosed by the police, stressing that it would be through such that crime and criminality in the state would be reduced.
The grave digger, Akiode, who confessed to the crime, attributed his involvement to the prevailing economic situation in the country.
Akiode said: "I used to work on his (pastor) site but he said I will make more money if I can get him human skull. So I felt it was an easy way of making money that was why I did it."
Speaking before Oyewole, who denied sending him, Akiode added: "I am surprised he's denying all of this when he was the actual person that taught me how to go about it."
Oyewole, who dismissed Akiode's allegations, said: "I am a man of God and pastor at Irewole Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Car Wash area, Abeokuta.
"I heal people with God's name and not with human skull. He is just telling lies and I don't know what I have done to him. Only God can save me now."
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