The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two brothers and a suspected herbalist over the alleged exhumation of nine graves and the removing of the heads of the corpses.
The incident occurred in Omupo, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday whereas briefing journalists throughout the parade of suspected criminals and ritualists on the police headquarters in Ilorin.
He stated the case got here to gentle in May 2026 when members of the neighborhood visited a cemetery to bury a deceased individual and found that a number of graves had been dug up, with the heads of the our bodies missing.
According to him, the suspects, recognized as Abu Jimoh, Ayo Jimoh and Mukaila Bello, have been arrested following an intelligence-led investigation.
Adekimi stated the 2 brothers have been arrested on October 8 at about 5am whereas allegedly digging one other grave within the cemetery.
He stated the brothers had confessed to the crime throughout interrogation and recognized Bello, a suspected herbalist, as the one that purchased the allegedly eliminated physique components.
The police commissioner, nevertheless, stated the command had but to recuperate the suspected human components.
“We discovered that about nine graves had been exhumed without the heads of the bodies. The three of them have been arrested, but we are yet to recover the ones they allegedly cut off,” he stated.
Adekimi added that the suspects have been apprehended whereas allegedly making an attempt to dig up one other grave.
He stated one of the brothers is bodily challenged.
However, one of the arrested brothers, Ayo, denied involvement within the alleged crime, claiming that they have been pursuing a rat that had run into the cemetery after they have been apprehended.
“It was my brother who was chasing a rat which ran into the cemetery. He scaled the low fence and went after it into the cemetery and started digging the grave. I was telling him to leave the place, but the mistake I made was that I went to meet him there,” he stated.
Ayo, who stated he was in his 50s and hailed from Ile Fayabale in Omupo, maintained that he was not concerned within the alleged removing of human heads.
His brother, Abu, gave the same account, claiming that they have been on their strategy to the farm within the morning after they noticed a rat run into the burial floor and disappear right into a grave.
He stated his elder brother known as his consideration to the animal however warned that pursuing it into the cemetery was harmful in the event that they have been seen in such act.
Bello, who recognized himself as a local physician primarily based in Ajase-Ipo, admitted realizing the 2 brothers however denied shopping for human components from them.
He claimed that his dealings with the brothers have been restricted to purchasing wooden from them and stated he was unaware of any alleged involvement within the removing of human physique components.
The police stated the suspects can be arraigned in court docket after the conclusion of investigations.
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