Police arrest 17 criminal suspects in Kwara

The Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday paraded 17 suspects over alleged criminal offences ranging from cruelty to a child to the recovery of suspected human body parts and the exhumation of graves.
At a press conference in Ilorin on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, disclosed that two suspects, Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, were arrested in connection with the alleged exhumation of graves at a cemetery in Omupo community, Kwara South Senatorial District, on October 8, 2026, at about 5 a.m.
“The suspects confessed to the crime during investigation and mentioned one Mukaila Bello, a herbalist, as the buyer,” the police commissioner added.
Three other suspects were ...