Officers of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested three men for reportedly exhuming the body of a seven-year-old girl and cutting off her head for N5 million.

Reports said the suspects confessed that they were hired to provide a fresh human head for the sum of N5 million.

The suspects whose names were given as Yunusa Audi, Dauda Babale and Muka’ilu Ishaya hail from Tashan-Baba village in Mapeo district of Jada local government area of the state.

The state command spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the incident said the suspects were arrested following an intelligence report from a good Samaritan in the area on May 21.

He said,

“Immediately the report was made, the police went into action and arrested the three suspects. Police found fresh human head of late Blessing Johnson of the same village, in their possessions. The victim is a seven-year-old girl and died of natural causes.

“She was buried at the village cemetery. Unfortunately, a day after her burial, one of the suspects, Muka’ilu Ishaya, a local butcher, dug her grave, brought out her body and severed her head for criminal purpose.

“The three suspects have confessed to the crime. They claimed to have been contracted by Mr. John Bakari of Karlahi village in Fufore Local Government Area of the state. Apparently, this Bakari asked them to get fresh human head for payment of N5 million. But they were arrested in the process.  Preliminary investigation has revealed that it was the butcher, Muka’ilu Ishaya, who was contracted by the two suspects, Yunusa Audi and Dauda Babale, for the job, which he obliged.

“The prime suspect knew that Blessing has just been buried, which made it easier for him to accept the deal of getting a fresh human head. Unfortunately, luck ran out on him, resulting in the arrest of the other two suspects.”

News Telegraph reported that the PPRO added that the principal suspect, Bakari John, of Karlahi village is at large, noting that the police were on his trail.