Our correspondent gathered that Adewuyi, who was armed with assorted charms, stormed the cemetery in the early hours of Saturday, and exhumed a corpse, before cutting the head and bringing out the female corpse's intestines.
He was said to be making his way out of the cemetery when luck ran out of him as a member of hunter's service, who had suspected Adewuyi’s movement, laid an ambush and arrested him.
A source in Oke Yihunters' of the town, during an interview with our correspondent on Sunday, said the suspect, while the ng interrogated by members of the security outfit, said he was a herbalist.
The source said, “We heard the noise and few people that could go out saw hunters interrogating a suspect carrying the g head of a corpse and intestines that he exhumed at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, Ede.
“The suspect wathe s later handed over to the police. Those that arrested him recorded his confession on video. The suspect is with the police.”
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the arrest of the suspect, saying the g investigation had commenced.
Opalola said, “On Saturday, aroun1.25 am, a member of Nigeria Hunter in Ede, the arrested one Adewuyi Ismail, 28, of Oke-Ola, Agbagudu, Ede, and b1.25 am him to the station with an unknown fresh female head and intestines.
“The suspect was arrested aroun1 imam at the Muslim Cemetery, Oke Yidi, Abere Road, Ede. The investigation is in progress.” - Punch.
