A 55-year-old man, Prophet Alimi Isaiah has been arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrate Court Ibadan, for allegedly having a human skull and a horn in his possession.

The items were suspected ‎to be intended for ritual purposes.

The accused was arraigned on a one-count charge of unlawfully having a human skull in his possession.

‎According to the prosecutor, the accused, Mr Sunday Ogunremi, on May 5, 2017, at 09:10 pm in Sango road, Ibadan magisterial district, unlawfully had in his possession one human skull, and the offences contravened sections 329(A) Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.

But the accused, in his confessional statement, had told the police that he is a Prophet at Cherubim and Seraphim (C & S) Church in Lagos, and he learned machine repair job, but did not complete his apprenticeship before his friend lured him to join the pastoral job.

He confessed to using charms to perform his prophet and pastoral works because his father is a herbalist, adding that he uses the horn to control people that come to him for prayer in other to collect a huge amount of money from them.

He said: “I use the horn to control people that come to me for prayer in other to collect a huge amount of money from them.

“I got the human skull from a particular area in Lagos when they brought a bulldozer to bulldoze the street, so I took it from there, for personal use because I know it will be useful for me.

“I was arrested on my way to Ibadan from Lagos at the stop and search point. I was in a public transportation when the police stopped our vehicle and started searching our bags before I was caught”.

The Chief magistrate Mrs Abiola Richard, in her ruling granted him bail in the sum of N75, 000.00 with two sureties in like sum.

Mrs Richard said ‎one surety must be level 8 civil service officer and the second surety must be his blood relation with National Identification card.

She adjourned the case till June 28th, 2017 for further hearing.

As at the time of filing the report, the accused was yet to meet up with the bail condition and he has been remanded in Agodi prison.