Some yet-to-be identified ritualists have invaded Ipokia community in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, digging out no fewer than 40 skulls from graves.
The ritualists usually operate at night when people must have slept off, Daily Post reports.
In different parts of the town, they were said to have dug the graves to exhume skulls and other human parts.
Being the headquarters of Ipokia Local Government, the ancient town, it was said, plays host to a police divisional headquarters, an office of the Department of State Services (DSS), an office of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the So-Safe Corps, the Amotekun Corps and others.
However, residents of Ipokia said none of the security agencies have devised any means to track down those behind the removal of skulls from graves in the town.
Speaking with Daily Post correspondent, an elder in Ipokia, Prince Samuel Adeyemi, said two corpses were dug out in his compound on Friday, lamenting that nobody is doing anything to stop the act.
Adeyemi said the ‘skull harvesters’ are becoming more desperate in their bid to steal as many skulls from the tombs in Ipokia, for reasons best known to them.
The nonagenarian said he had reported the incident to the police, urging the authorities concerned to act fast and bring the perpetrators to book.
“Dead bodies are no longer safe in Ipokia because some people want to become billionaires overnight. Please help us,” he lamented.
Contacted, the Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he was yet to be briefed about the incident, promising to contact the Ipokia Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for details.
