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Five men have been jailed for 12 years each after they were convicted of exhuming a human skull in Nigeria, according to reports.
They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor, who said it was needed for rituals that would make them rich.
“The herbalist informed and promised all of them that they would share the wealth from the said criminal activity and directed them to look for the human skull,” according to them.
Security officers had arrested the young men, who are aged between 18 and 28.
The men pleaded guilty after being caught with the skull in a bag.
Local authorities have also said that body parts are sold and used in rituals believed to generate wealth.
Money-making rituals in Nigeria have also been fuelled by mounting economic desperation, in a country where four out of 10 people live in poverty.
