Directorate of State Security (DSS) on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, arrested four men and one with four fresh human skulls along the Ebonyi and Enugu states highway.
Witness said that the suspects were intercepted in a commercial buss between 9am and 10am during a stop-and-search by the security officers.
The location were the victims were beheaded has not yet been ascertained. A reliable source at the scene of the arrest observed that the suspects may have taken off from Enugu heading towards Cross River state through Ebonyi state border.
It was discovered that when the suspects made attempt to runaway from the scene after the fresh human heads were discovered in a bag in their possession, the said security operatives shot them on their legs to restrain them from running away. A source revealed that the security agents maybe operatives from the Department State Security, DSS as they were seen in bullet proof vests while the inscription DSS were written on behind their vests. According to the eyewitness, the human heads were displayed on the highway before the unsuspecting public and motorists who had crowded the scene discussing the incident.
The security operatives later whisked the suspects away to an undisclosed destination. As at the time of this report, the Ebonyi state police command and state DSS command were yet to react to the development. …More details later