The Kwara state police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Kehinde Moses, with a bag allegedly containing a human head and hand along Ajase-Ipo road during stop and search duty.

According to the spokesperson of Kwara state command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said a team of operatives, on a stop and search duty along Ajase-Ipo road, stopped a commercial bus and in the process of searching a bag, one boy took to his heels while his partner was also held.

He further added, during interrogation, the suspect confessed to have killed the victim, named Mohammed, in Ajase Ipo with his fleeing partner for ritual purposes.

The suspect also took a team of investigators to where the body was dumped for purposes of recovery and subsequent transfer to the hospital for autopsy and further examination.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded, Mr Okasanmi assured.