An unidentified middle-aged man, was nearly lynched on Thursday in Mowe, Ogun State 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.

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.

Some residents had accosted the suspect with the body parts, after a driver raised the alarm.

Findings by Punch, showed that the decomposed body parts were that of the owner of a plot of land in the Arigbawonwo community.

He had been buried on the land by his family members, who later sold the land. The new land owner, however, exhumed the body. The suspect was reportedly contracted by the deceased family to help them to relocate the body.

“The parts were that of the first owner of the land, who had been buried for about 10 years in the land. When the land was resold, the new buyer just exhumed the body and threw it somewhere.

“The suspect was contracted to pack and re-bury the remains. He put them in a sack and got a cab to convey him to where he intended to dispose them of.

“The suspicious cab driver raised the alarm, stopping abruptly on the way. Residents and passersby opened the sack and found the remains.

“They pounced on him because they thought he was a ritual killer.  He was about to be lynched when the policemen rescued him,” a community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident.