Samuel Hunsu, a 85-year-old herbalist has been arrested by the Zone
Two command of the Nigeria Police Force for been in possession of fresh
human heart.
Hunsu was said to have been arrested in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with the
Police alleging that the suspect specialized in using human parts for
money making rituals.
The suspect claimed that the hearts were given to him by one Abiodun, who had earlier consulted him for money ritual.
“Initially, I was consulted by Abiodun. He wanted me to prepare money
charms making for him. When I told him what was required for the ritual,
he promised to get them. I was surprised when I saw him with fresh
human heart. When Abiodun eventually brought the heart, I asked him
where he got it. He said that he removed it from a thief that was killed
at Ijoko area of Ogun State.
“Immediately he dropped the heart, he left and promised to come back.
That was how I took the heart and preserved it with dry gin and chemical
under my shrine, pending when the owner will come back. I don’t know
Abiodun or where he lives. He told me that he came all the way from
Kwara State,”the suspect said.
According to the police, there had been reports that two people had died in the herbalist’s shrine.
A police source added: “When we asked him, he claimed those two people died while receiving treatment. He said that he buried them in his shrine, rather than release them to their families.
“The following day, we went with a search warrant. It was during the search of the shrine that we discovered the heart kept in a plastic and buried in the shrine.
“We understand the heart had been with the herbalist for two weeks, but there was no sign of (it) decomposing.”
