11 arrested for running hotel which allegedly cooked and sold human meat to guests

Reports have come in today that a Nigerian hotel has been closed and its owners arrested on suspicion of cooking and selling human meat to guests.

By Morgan Flanagan Creagh-Thursday 6th February 2014

Nigerian news site the Osun Defender reports that police arrested 11 people after they discovered two fresh human heads in the Anambra state hotel.

Authorities also found 2 AK47 rifles, two army caps, 40 rounds of ammunition and a lot of mobile phones.

The hotel’s owner, four men and six women were arrested following a tip off from local residents.

A local vegetable seller told the Osun Defender:

“Each time I came to market, because the hotel is very close to the market, I always noticed funny movements in and out of the hotel; dirty people with dirty characters always come into the hotel. So, I was not surprised when the police made this discovery in the early hours of yesterday,”

A priest who was one of those who reported the hotel said “: I went to the hotel early this year, after eating, I was told that a lump of meat was being sold at N700 (€3), I was surprised.”