By Ade Oyeyemi
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men over separate cases involving the alleged removal of human heads from graves and the possession of suspected human hands reportedly intended for money-making rituals.
The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ilorin, where he provided updates on investigations into the incidents.
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 from 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 tampered with, with the heads of previously buried bodies missing.
Adekimi said police operatives arrested the two suspects at about 5am on October 8, 2026, while they were allegedly digging graves at the cemetery following an intelligence-led investigation.
During interrogation, the suspects reportedly identified a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, as the alleged buyer of the missing human heads. The police listed Bello as a suspect in the case, but did not confirm whether he had been arrested.
The command said investigations were continuing and that the suspects would be arraigned after the conclusion of the probe.
In a separate incident, police arrested Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim after allegedly recovering two suspected human hands from them during an operation along Bakase Road in Alapa, Kwara State.
The arrests were made at about 4pm on October 8. The police said preliminary questioning indicated that the suspects intended to use the body parts for money-making rituals.
The two men reportedly told investigators that a vigilante member, identified as Abdulraf Apata, had handed the suspected human hands to them.
The command said the allegation against Apata was being investigated to establish his role in the incident and determine whether other individuals were involved.
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It added that Lukmon and Ibrahim were being held at the Violent Crimes Response Unit as investigations continued.
The police said investigators were also working to establish the identity of the possible victim and determine the circumstances surrounding the death linked to the case.
