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2 kidnappers, 47 others caught with human skulls in Rivers
49 suspected armed robbers, cultists and two notorious kidnappers, Alex Obubu and Alaso Igbo, caught with two human skulls, were on Friday paraded by Rivers State Police Command.
The alleged criminals, it was learnt are notorious in the state for different crimes which had caused serious tensions.
The human skulls and other parts of human beings were displayed to newsmen during the parading of the suspects and one of the skulls was identified by a suspect, Chika Amadi, to be the remains of the head of one Mr. Ebubedike Wabali.
According to Amadi, Wabali was the leader of Degbam cult group in Isiokpo community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.
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