Police arrest pastor with human skull in Osun state

A 35-year-old man, who claims he is a pastor with the Cherubim and Seraphim Church was paraded yesterday by men of the Osun state police command after he was arrested with a human skull and other charms at Adeowo area of Modakeke, Osun State.

The man identified as Clement Oyetunde, according to Tribune newspapers, confessed to the crime, saying some unseen spirits were chasing him in the dead of the night and forced him to reveal how the human skull was buried in the house, which he was using as church.

"I am a pastor of the Cherubim and Seraphim, Oke-Itura parish, Adeowo area of Modakeke in Osun State. It was Wasiu that brought the skull to me. We buried it at my backyard. Wasiu left immediately and I don't know his whereabouts, now.

"Few days later, while I was sleeping in the house, I heard strange voices singing and drumming in Christianway as if they were worshiping. The tune suddenly changed into traditional song and some invisible spirits started telling me that I shouldreturn the skull of Iya-Osun.

"They told me that the skull we buried in my house was Mama Osun's skull and that the woman was from Ondo in Ondo State. They insisted that I must return the skull and the noise was too much for me to bear as my head was swelling.

"That was why I ran out from the house and called for help so that the spirits would not kill me inside thehouse. It was then that the people in my area gathered and they eventually called the police," Clement reportedly narrated.

Meanwhile, the police have said they will apprehend his accomplice, Wasiu who is curently at large, stressing that he would face the full wrath of the law.