NIGERIAN POLICE HOLD MAN CARRYING TWO HEADS

Daily Mail and Guardian ^ | November 11, 2001 | Sapa-AFP

[aculeus]

POLICE in Nigeria's sprawling commercial capital, Lagos, were on Saturday preparing to prosecute a man detained after being found holding two human heads in a sack. "We arrested the suspect on Friday carrying two human heads... We are going to prosecute him," said Lagos State Police Commissioner Mike Okiro. The man, whose name was not revealed, was arrested in the Shogunle district of Lagos as he was about to board a bus, Okiro said, confirming a report by local television on Friday. Police were also seeking a number of alleged accomplices, he said. The Punch newspaper on Saturday identified the man as a cemetery attendant who had confessed to being a supplier human parts to occult practitioners. Belief in witchcraft is widespread in Nigeria and many people, including community and business leaders, are widely reported to believe that the use of human parts in occult spells will enhance their power. The arrested man told his interrogators that the current rate for a human head varies between 20 000 and 30 000 naira ($180 and $270), the Punch said. -

[LJLucido]

Obviously he thought two heads were better than one.

[EggsAckley]

I can't help myself, I apologize in advance.

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.

[LJLucido]

Damn! You must have beat me by 2 seconds!

[EggsAckley]

Aarrgghh! Damn my slow typing.

[mlocher]

police ... prepare to prosecute...man carrying two heads

no, no, no! that is a special ops guy and the two heads are usama and omar!

[LJLucido]

Okay, I got it. He was just trying to get a head up on the competition.

[fhayek]

There is nothing wrong with a guy trying to get a head in the world.

[AAABEST]

"We arrested the suspect on Friday carrying two human heads... We are going to prosecute him," said Lagos State Police Commissioner Mike Okiro

Okiro is Nigerian for "no kidding dumb-ass".

[flying Elvis]

Looks like you guys have lost your heads over this thread.

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

The arrested man told his interrogators that the current rate for a human head varies between 20 000 and 30 000 naira ($180 and $270), the Punch said.

Hey, maybe he was just hoping to get Ahead in life!

[WackyKat]

Now we know the way to get ahead in Africa.

[scylla]

Maybe he was on his way to a Nigerian fundraiser and the invitation said "$180 a head."

[Nitro]

He must win every flip!!

Isn't it supposed to be heads and tails??

[flying Elvis]

I wonder if the cops caught him by accident or someone gave them a heads up.

[fhayek]

I figure there has to be a Monica Lewinsky joke in here somewhere.

[be-baw]

Sounds like one helluva head job to me.

[LJLucido]

"Hey, when I said I wanted a little head, that's not what I meant!"

[be-baw]

Pretty heady stuff.