A large number of residents of Mowe, Ogun State, nearly lynched a middle-aged man on Thursday after he was allegedly caught with a human skull and other body parts.

It was gathered that the man, who was beaten up by the mob, was rescued by policemen from the Mowe Police Station, who took him to the division.

Within a few minutes, the station became a ‘tourist centre’ as news filtered into the community that the man was being kept at the station.

Policemen at the division were almost overrun by the crowd, some of whom climbed the fence to catch a glimpse of the human parts, which were stuffed in a sack.


Punch Metro, during a visit to the division, also saw the unidentified man and the body parts in the sack.

The police later ordered the suspect to bring out the parts, before ordering him to return them into the sack.

It was learnt that some residents had accosted the suspect with the body parts, after a driver raised the alarm.