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 through the parade of suspected criminals and ritualists on the police headquarters in Ilorin.
He mentioned the case got here to gentle in May 2026 when members of the group visited a cemetery to bury a deceased particular person 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, had been arrested following an intelligence-led investigation.
Adekimi mentioned the 2 brothers had been arrested on October 8 at about 5am whereas allegedly digging one other grave within the cemetery.
He mentioned 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, nonetheless, mentioned 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 mentioned.
Adekimi added that the suspects had been apprehended whereas allegedly trying to dig up one other grave.
He mentioned one of the brothers is bodily challenged.
However, one of the arrested brothers, Ayo, denied involvement within the alleged crime, claiming that they had been pursuing a rat that had run into the cemetery once they had 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 mentioned.
Ayo, who mentioned 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 an analogous account, claiming that they had been on their solution to the farm within the morning once they noticed a rat run into the burial floor and disappear right into a grave.
He mentioned 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 had been seen in such act.
Bello, who recognized himself as a local physician based mostly in Ajase-Ipo, admitted realizing the 2 brothers however denied shopping for human components from them.
He claimed that his dealings with the brothers had been restricted to purchasing wooden from them and mentioned he was unaware of any alleged involvement within the removing of human physique components.
The police mentioned the suspects could be arraigned in court docket after the conclusion of investigations.
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