The Chinese national who was kidnapped on July 3 at a Shao-Oloru Expressway building site has been freed by police in Kwara.
This information may be found in a statement made by SP Ajayi Okasanmi, the police spokesman, on Friday in Ilorin.
He claimed that police officers on the rescue effort were still searching for the offenders in the bushes.
The rescued Chinese is currently being examined by a doctor to determine his current health before being reunited with his family, Okasanmi stated.
“The pressure mounted on the kidnappers by the rescue teams became so intense that the criminals could no more stand the heat, forcing them to abandon the victim and escape for their lives.
“In another development, operatives apprehended some suspects trafficking in human body parts as they were taking a human skull from Lagos State into Ilorin.
“On the strength of information received operatives arrested a 41-year-old man in Ilorin for the crime.
“The suspect had earlier received the package from a motor park. Upon a search, a human skull concealed in a carton with his name and phone number inscribed on it was recovered.
“Preliminary investigation into the matter revealed that the suspect actually procured the human skull, a horse head, a chimpanzee head and other items.
“The other items were recovered in his house and he confessed he intended to use them for money-making rituals,’’ he stated.
Okasanmi noted that Tuesday Assayomo, the commissioner of police, praised the agents for a job well done.
He warned the investigative team to make sure that the kidnapping suspect’s other accomplices were detained and dealt with harshly.
Okasanmi added that he urged transport unions in the state to constantly work with law enforcement officials in the difficult mission of eradicating crime.
