Two suspected Ritualists with Human head arrested by the Niger State Police

• Two suspected ritualists confess to beheading a young man in Niger state
• Father of the victim, Abubakar Shuaib, says his son was last seen on Saturday, August 26, taking a kettle of water from the house to give an unknown person

The Niger state police command has arrested two suspected ritualists in possession of a human head.

The suspects, Abdulrasheed Aminu and Ismaila Mohammed, were arrested by men of the tactical squad attached to Niger state police command, the Punch reports.

The command in a statement disclosed that the human head found in possession of the suspects was that of a young man identified as Hassan Abubakar of Bakejeba Paiko LGA.

The statement read: “On 26/08/2017 at about 2100hrs, following a sustained monitoring by IGP Special Tactical Squad attached to Niger State Police Command two notorious ritualists were arrested in possession of human head of one Hassan Abubakar “m” of Bakajeba Paiko L.G.A .

“The suspects Abdulrasheed Aminu “m” 22yrs old of Lupa and Ismaila Mohammed “m” 27 old of makera all confessed that they cut off the head with two sharped knife and one of the suspect Ibrahim surname yet unknown of Paiko L.G.A still at large."

According to the police, the father of the victim, Abubakar Shuaib, said his son was last seen on Saturday, August 26, taking a kettle of water from the house to give an unknown person waiting outside.

Abubakar Shuaib stated that since then, his son had not been found until he heard that the police arrested the suspects with a human head which he later identified to be that of his son.

The police said the case was under investigation.