Bodies of cult ritual victims found in Nigeria

Nigerian police have discovered skulls and corpses of more than 50 people in shrines where a secretive cult was believed to have carried out traditional ritual killings.

Two religious leaders and 28 others have been arrested in connection with the discovery of body parts – bleached skulls, fresh corpses and others partly mummified – in 20 shrines in forests near the town of Okija, police spokesman Kolapo Shofoluwe said