KWARA POLICE ARREST FOUR OVER ALLEGED GRAVE EXHUMATION, POSSESSION OF HUMAN PARTS
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate cases involving the alleged exhumation of graves and removal of human heads, as well as the possession of suspected human hands allegedly intended for money-making rituals.
The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ilorin, where he provided details of the investigations.
In the first case, two men, identified as Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, were arrested over the alleged exhumation of graves and removal of heads from buried bodies at a cemetery in Omupo, Kwara State.
According to the police, the incident was discovered in May 2026 when residents visited the cemetery to bury a deceased person and found that some graves had been exhumed and the heads of the bodies buried there were missing.
Adekimi said operatives arrested the two suspects at about 5 a.m. on October 8, 2026, while they were allegedly digging graves at the cemetery.
“Following a painstaking, intelligence-led investigation, operatives arrested Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh at about 5:00 a.m. on October 8, 2026, while they were allegedly digging graves within the cemetery,” he said.
The commissioner said the suspects reportedly confessed during interrogation and identified a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, as the alleged buyer of the missing human heads.
However, the information provided by the command did not establish whether Bello had been arrested.
The police said investigations into the case were ongoing and that the suspects would be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.
In a separate incident, operatives arrested two other men, Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim, after recovering two suspected human hands during an operation along Bakase Road in Alapa, Kwara State.
The arrests were made at about 4 p.m. on October 8, 2026, following the discovery of the suspected body parts.
The command said preliminary interrogation indicated that the suspects allegedly intended to use the body parts for money-making rituals.
“During preliminary interrogation, the suspects stated that they intended to use the body parts for money-making rituals,” the police said.
The suspects reportedly told investigators that a vigilante member, identified as Abdulraf Apata, had handed the suspected human hands over to them.
The police said the allegation against Apata was being investigated to establish the facts and determine whether other individuals were involved.
Lukmon and Ibrahim were being held at the command’s Violent Crimes Response Unit as investigations continued.
The police added that investigators were working to establish the identity of the possible victim and determine the circumstances surrounding the death connected to the case.
The command said investigations into both incidents were ongoing.
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