The police in Kwara State have arrested four males in reference to two separate incidents involving the alleged elimination of human heads from graves and possession of suspected human hands for alleged money-making rituals.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adekimi Ojo, disclosed this whereas briefing journalists on the command headquarters in Ilorin.
In the primary incident, two suspects, Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, had been arrested over the alleged exhumation of graves and elimination of heads from buried our bodies at a cemetery in Omupo, Kwara State.
Mr Ojo mentioned the investigation started in May 2026 after residents visiting the cemetery to bury a deceased particular person found that some graves had been disturbed and the heads of the our bodies buried there have been missing.
He mentioned police operatives arrested the 2 suspects at about 5 a.m. on 8 October whereas they had been allegedly digging graves on the cemetery.
According to the commissioner, the suspects reportedly confessed to the crime throughout interrogation and recognized a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, because the alleged purchaser of the missing human heads.
Police mentioned investigations had been ongoing and that they might arraign the suspects after the investigation concluded. The data offered didn’t set up whether or not police had arrested Mr Bello.
In a separate incident, police arrested two different males, Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim, after recovering two suspected human hands throughout an operation alongside Bakase Road in Alapa, Kwara State.
The arrests had been made round 4 p.m. on 8 October.
Mr Ojo mentioned preliminary interrogation indicated that the suspects meant to make use of the physique components for money-making rituals.
“During preliminary interrogation, the suspects stated that they intended to use the body parts for money-making rituals,” he mentioned.
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The suspects reportedly informed investigators {that a} vigilante member, recognized as Abdulrauf Apata, had handed the suspected human hands to them.
The commissioner mentioned the allegation towards Mr Apata was being investigated to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident and decide whether or not different individuals had been concerned.
Mr Lukmon and Mr Ibrahim had been being held on the command’s Violent Crimes Response Unit as investigators labored to ascertain the origin of the physique components and determine any attainable sufferer.
The police urged residents to offer credible data to safety businesses to assist investigations and assist stop crime.
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