The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, commonly known as So-Safe Corps, has arrested 54-year-old Adelani Oriyomi at a burial ground in Kere, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, for allegedly attempting to exhume a human skull.
This was revealed in a press statement released on Tuesday by the So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, through the office of the Corps’ Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.
Ganzallo said, “At about 2:35 a.m. on January 21, 2025, officers of the So-Safe Corps on routine patrol observed suspicious activity on a parcel of land behind a church.
“The suspect, identified as 54-year-old Adelani Oriyomi, was spotted trying to hide.
“Once the coast seemed clear, he resumed digging the tomb to allegedly retrieve a human skull. However, the officers returned to the scene, apprehending him before he could escape.”
The statement revealed that the suspect, a resident of Kere, Obada-Oko in Ewekoro Local Government Area, confessed to the crime during interrogation.
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He was said to have admitted that on January 18, 2025, he had exhumed a skull from a tomb on a plot of land behind his residence.
Oriyomi reportedly admitted that he was attempting to obtain another human skull to complete the required number for a money ritual known as ‘Osole’ when he was apprehended.
The suspect also confessed to being a repeat offender, revealing that he had previously sold nearly ten human skulls.
During interrogation, Oriyomi disclosed that he had been arrested for similar crimes in Ado-Odo, where he served two years in prison.
He further stated that he had also served six years and nine months at the Oba Correctional Centre following a separate conviction in Obada-Oko.
Ganzallo confirmed that the suspect and the recovered exhibit—a fully dried human skull—have been handed over to the Nigeria Police Force at the Obada Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and potential prosecution.
The So-Safe Corps Commander advised community leaders to rigorously screen tenants and visitors to avoid sheltering undesirable individuals.
He stressed that such vigilance could account for 70% of home security, with the remaining 30% depending on alertness to external threats.
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