The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate cases involving the alleged exhumation of graves and possession of suspected human body parts reportedly intended for money-making rituals.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ilorin, where he provided updates on investigations into the incidents.
Two Arrested Over Missing Heads From Exhumed Graves
In the first case, police arrested two men, identified as Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, over the alleged exhumation of graves and removal of human 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 dug up, with the heads of the bodies buried there missing.
The Commissioner of Police said operatives launched an intelligence-led investigation into the incident, which eventually led to the arrest of the two suspects.
“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,” Adekimi said.
During interrogation, the suspects reportedly confessed to the crime and identified a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, as the alleged buyer of the missing human heads.
However, the police did not establish whether Bello had been arrested in connection with the case.
The command said investigations were ongoing and that the suspects would be arraigned in court upon their conclusion.
Two Arrested With Suspected Human Hands in Alapa
In a separate incident, police arrested two other men, Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim, over the possession of two suspected human hands along Bakase Road in Alapa, Kwara State.
The suspects were reportedly arrested at about 4 p.m. on October 8, 2026, during a police operation that led to the recovery of the suspected body parts.
According to the command, preliminary interrogation indicated that the two men 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 circumstances surrounding the incident 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 further investigations were ongoing into both incidents.
