By Ado Oyeyemi
The police in Kwara State have arrested four men in two separate cases involving the alleged removal of human heads from graves and the possession of suspected human hands for alleged money-making rituals.
The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ilorin, the state capital.
In the first case, two suspects, identified as Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, were arrested over the alleged exhumation of graves and removal of human heads at a cemetery in Omupo, Kwara State.
The police said 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 buried bodies missing.
Adekimi said the suspects were arrested at about 5am on October 8, 2026, while allegedly digging graves at the cemetery following an intelligence-led investigation.
He added that the suspects confessed during interrogation and identified a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, as the alleged buyer of the missing heads.
However, the police did not clarify whether Bello had been arrested.
The command said investigations were ongoing and that the suspects would be arraigned after the conclusion of the probe.
In a separate incident, operatives arrested two other men, Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim, after recovering two suspected human hands from them along Bakase Road in Alapa, Kwara State.
The suspects were arrested at about 4pm on October 8, 2026, while investigations were launched to establish the origin of the body parts and the circumstances surrounding their possession.
According to the police commissioner, preliminary interrogation indicated that the suspects intended to use the body parts for money-making rituals.
The suspects allegedly told investigators that a vigilante member, identified as Abdulraf Apata, gave them the suspected human hands.
The police said the allegation against Apata was being investigated to establish his involvement and determine whether other persons were connected to the case.
Lukmon and Ibrahim were being detained at the Violent Crimes Response Unit as investigations continued.
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The command added that efforts were underway to identify the possible victim and establish the circumstances surrounding the death linked to the investigation.
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