Kwara Police Arrest Four Over Alleged Grave Exhumation, Possession of Human Hands

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four men in connection with two separate cases involving the alleged removal of human heads from exhumed graves and the possession of suspected human hands allegedly 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 details of the investigations.

 

In the first case, two men, identified as Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, were arrested over the alleged exhumation of graves and removal of heads from buried bodies at a cemetery in Omupo, Kwara State.

 

According to the police, the incident came to light in May 2026 when community members visited the cemetery to bury a deceased person and discovered that some graves had been exhumed, with the heads of the bodies missing.

 

Adekimi said intelligence-led investigations led to the arrest of the two suspects at about 5 a.m. on October 8, 2026, while they were allegedly digging graves at the cemetery.

 

“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,” he said.

 

The suspects reportedly confessed during interrogation and identified a herbalist, Mukaila Bello, as the alleged buyer of the missing human heads.

 

The police listed Jimoh, Ayo Jimoh and Bello as suspects in the case, although it was not immediately clear whether Bello had been arrested.

 

The command said investigations were ongoing and that the suspects would be arraigned in court upon their conclusion.

 

In a separate incident, police arrested Kamalden Lukmon and AbdulGaniyu Ibrahim after recovering two suspected human hands during an operation along Bakase Road in Alapa, Kwara State.

 

The arrests were made at about 4 p.m. on October 8, 2026, with the discovery of the suspected body parts prompting further investigations into their origin and how the suspects obtained them.

 

The police said preliminary interrogation indicated that the two men 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 command said.

 

The suspects reportedly told investigators that a vigilante member, identified as Abdulraf Apata, had handed the suspected human hands to them.

 

“The allegation against Apata is being investigated to establish the facts and determine whether other individuals were involved,” the police added.

 

The command disclosed that Lukmon and Ibrahim were being held at the Violent Crimes Response Unit as investigations continued.

 

Investigators are also working to establish the identity of the possible victim and determine the circumstances surrounding the death connected to the case.