A 45-year-old pastor of a new generation Church, United Evangelical Church, Pastor Michael Bassey, has be nabbed for possessing a human skull.
The Cross River State Police Command also apprehended 25 other suspects for various offences committed across the state.
Briefing newsmen on Tuesday July 6th 2021, in Calabar, Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Sikiru Akande, said that the pastor was arrested upon a complaint from a concerned citizen on the threat to life.
Akande said that the suspect was arrested at No. 56 Uwanse by Asuquo Ekpo Street in Calabar South.
“The suspect was arrested with one human skull tied with the complainant’s picture and carved human image with red clothes.
“Investigation is still ongoing and the suspect will be arraigned in court,” he said.
The CP also paraded one Christian Edem-Eyo, 34, for allegedly killing and beheading one Uduak Okpo, 65, and buried her head and the body separately on June 6.
The Commissioner also said that the suspect would soon be charged to court accordingly.
Meanwhile, the Pastor Bassey, who
has been conducting healing services for his members before his arrest, disclosed that he was not into any diabolical act.
“I don’t know anything about this human skull. I am innocent of the charges against me,” he maintained.
On his part, the murder suspect, Edem-Eyo, said that he killed Okpo because she belonged to the spiritual world.
“I killed Uduak Okpo because she belonged to the marine world. She was terrorising me spiritually in the compound,” he said.
The CP said that the Command’s “Operation Restore Peace” in the state had yielded result through the arrest of criminals disturbing the peace of the people.
He said that the command was liaising with traditional rulers, youth groups, stakeholders and community dwellers on ways to restore peace and order in the state.
