A young Nigerian man has been arrested with a human head and hand in Kwara state.

The 24-year-old man has been identified as Kehinde John Moses.

He was arrested with a bag containing a freshly severed human head and hand.

Moses was arrested along Ajase-Ipo road during stop and search duty.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Bagega, made the disclosure in a statement in Ilorin on Monday.

Bagega said that the suspect was arrested by a team of ‘Operation Harmony’ in a commercial bus. In the process of searching the bag, one man took to his heels while Moses was held. According to him, the bag was searched and a freshly severed head and hands of a boy were discovered.

The CP said that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to have killed the victim, identified as Mohammed, in Ajase Ipo with his fleeing partner for ritual purposes.

He added that the suspect had taken a team of investigators to where the body was dumped for purposes of recovery.