Police Uncovers Illegal Security Outfit Killing, Burying People in Shallow Graves

The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered an illegal security company where people are killed and buried in shallow graves in Ikorodu, Lagos.

Israel Okon (42); Joe Nwoke Charles (35) and Ishola Kazeem (64), who are the suspected members of the illegal outfit were arrested in the process.

Also recovered were 18 expended cartridges, charms, eight dummy wooden guns, human skeletons, a banner with the inscription of the name of the outfit; ‘Citizen For Peace and First Aid Mission of Nigeria’, and the outfit’s operational Golf car with plate number USR 158 HP.

One of the human skulls was recovered from Kazeem, who was a herbalist.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, explaining how they were arrested, said during the end of year briefing and discussion at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja that “Police officers attached to Sagamu busted the camp using credible intelligence report”

Investigation revealed that the illegal outfit was recruiting and training young Nigerians who were kitted with uniforms similar to those of government agencies in Nigeria.

A shallow grave was discovered while clamping down on the camp of the illegal outfit at Sagamu road, at about 10 am, on December 11, 2021, where human skeletons including a skull of a victim who was allegedly arrested and tortured to death were found.

During the investigation, some suspects including a native doctor who is a member of a gang alleged using parts of their victims for ritual purposes were arrested.
One of the suspects, Okon, said he was invited to work as a private guard in the outfit, only to discover later that they were involved in rituals.

“I witnessed the death of only one person. The person was a robber who went to rob at the hotel I was working. The owner of the hotel told our commander to take the robber to the police station but he took him to our base, where the man died. My commander told me to dig a grave where the robber was buried. “One week later, our Commander brought out the corpse and cut off its head. He took it to a herbalist.”

Kazeem, who is the herbalist admitted to having collected the skull. He said he intended to use it for a concoction for the treatment of migraine and headache that had defiled medical treatment.

AIG Odumosu said the suspects would be charged to court soon.

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