Akure - Nigerian police have found two human skulls in different locations in south-western Ondo State, which they suspect to be the remains of victims of ritual murders, state police commissioner Nwachuku Egbochuku has told journalists.
The skulls were recovered in Ode-Irele and Ajue, two neighbouring towns in the state, Egbochuku told journalists late on Thursday in Akure, the state capital.
A priest for the local "ayelala" deity and another suspect have been arrested in connection with the find and are being questioned, he said.
The discovery of the two new skulls followed a police raid a fortnight ago on shrines in an "evil forest" in Okija in south-east Anambra state where corpses, skeletons and more than 20 skulls were discovered.
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More than 30 people have so far been detained and more arrests have been promised following the discovery of membership lists of the three Ogwugwu shrines.
The inspector general of police, Tafa Balogun, last Wednesday visited the Okija fetish shrines and promised police raids on similar shrines across the country.
"I cannot believe my eyes. That this barbarism is still possible in Nigeria today, it is simply unpardonable," one police officer with Balogun during the visit to the Okija shrines said to AFP.
It is widely believed that some wealthy and influential figures in southern Nigeria underwent rituals at the shrines to settle business disputes, swearing oaths to local gods to prove their honesty.
It is also believed that human parts are used in rituals to get money.
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