Thursday, October 15, 2026 -The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate incidents involving the alleged removal of human heads from exhumed graves and the possession of suspected human hands allegedly intended for money-making rituals.
The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed the
arrests on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in
Ilorin, where he gave details of the investigations into the two cases.
In the first incident, 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.
The police said the incident came to light in May 2026 when
members of the community visited the cemetery to bury a deceased person and
discovered that some graves had been exhumed and the heads of the bodies buried
there were missing.
The Commissioner said, “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.”
During interrogation, the two suspects reportedly confessed
to the crime and identified a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, as the alleged buyer of
the missing human heads.
The police listed Abu Jimoh, Ayo Jimoh and Bello as suspects
in the case, although the information provided did not establish whether the
alleged buyer had also been arrested.
The command added that “Investigations are ongoing, and the
suspects will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.”
In a separate case, the police 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 4pm on October 8, 2026, with
the discovery of the suspected body parts prompting further investigations into
their origin and the circumstances surrounding the suspects’ possession of
them.
According to the police, preliminary interrogation indicated
that the two suspects intended to use the body parts for money-making rituals.
The police said, “During preliminary interrogation, the
suspects stated that they intended to use the body parts for money-making
rituals.”
The suspects reportedly told investigators that a vigilante
member, identified as Abdulraf Apata, had handed the suspected human hands over
to them.
“The allegation against Apata is being investigated to
establish the facts and determine whether other individuals were involved,” the
police added.
The command disclosed that Lukmon and Ibrahim were being
held at the Violent Crimes Response Unit as investigations continued.
It added that investigators were working to establish the
identity of the possible victim and determine the circumstances surrounding the
death connected to the investigation.
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