A 22-year-old suspected Badoo
member, Emmanuel Obazuaye, allegedly caught with a human head, was Tuesday
arraigned at a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.
The accused, who resides in
Ikorodu, Lagos State, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and
unlawful possession of human head.
The Police prosecutor, Inspector
Romanus Unuigbe, told the court that the accused committed the offences on July
27 at 1p.m., at 1, Lejumo Street, Adamo, Ikorodu, Lagos.
Unuigbe alleged that Obazuaye was
caught at a shrine in Ikorodu with a fresh human head, where he claimed he
visited a native doctor to seek “protection.”
He said Obazuaye, who did not act
alone, but with others still at large, was immediately taken to the Police
station for further questioning.
The offences contravened Sections
238 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015
The Chief Magistrate, Adewale
Ojo, granted the accused N250,000 bail, with two sureties in like sum.
He said the sureties must be
blood relations of the accused and should also show evidence of three years tax
payment to Lagos State Government.
Ojo adjourned the case until
September 13 for mention.
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