The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two brothers and a suspected herbalist over the alleged exhumation of 9 graves and the elimination of the heads of the corpses.
The incident took place in Omupo, Ifelodun Native Govt House of the state.
The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday whilst briefing newshounds right through the parade of suspected criminals and ritualists on the police headquarters in Ilorin.
He mentioned the case got here to gentle in Would possibly 2026 when individuals of the neighborhood visited a cemetery to bury a deceased particular person and found out that a number of graves have been dug up, with the heads of the our bodies lacking.
In keeping with him, the suspects, known as Abu Jimoh, Ayo Jimoh and Mukaila Bello, have been arrested following an intelligence-led investigation.
Adekimi mentioned the 2 brothers have been arrested on October 8 at about 5am whilst allegedly digging any other grave within the cemetery.
He mentioned the brothers had confessed to the crime right through interrogation and known Bello, a suspected herbalist, as the one who purchased the allegedly got rid of frame portions.
The police commissioner, alternatively, mentioned the command had but to recuperate the suspected human portions.
“We found out that about 9 graves have been exhumed with out the heads of the our bodies. The 3 of them had been arrested, however we’re but to recuperate those they allegedly bring to an end,” he mentioned.
Adekimi added that the suspects have been apprehended whilst allegedly making an attempt to dig up any other grave.
He mentioned one of the crucial brothers is bodily challenged.
Alternatively, one of the crucial 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 used to be my brother who used to be chasing a rat which bumped into the cemetery. He scaled the low fence and went after it into the cemetery and began digging the grave. I used to be telling him to depart where, however the mistake I made used to be that I went to fulfill him there,” he mentioned.
Ayo, who mentioned he used to be in his 50s and hailed from Ile Fayabale in Omupo, maintained that he used to be now not concerned within the alleged elimination of human heads.
His brother, Abu, gave a equivalent account, claiming that they have been on their method to the farm within the morning after 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 used to be unhealthy in the event that they have been observed in such act.
Bello, who known himself as a local physician based totally in Ajase-Ipo, admitted figuring out the 2 brothers however denied purchasing human portions from them.
He claimed that his dealings with the brothers have been restricted to shopping for picket from them and mentioned he used to be blind to any alleged involvement within the elimination of human frame portions.
The police mentioned the suspects can be arraigned in courtroom after the realization of investigations.
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