A 43-year-old man, Idowu Ashafa, was arrested in the early hours of April 17, 2026, in Igbesa, Ogun State, for allegedly possessing human body parts. Police operatives intercepted him during a routine patrol led by Divisional Police Officer CSP Solotan K. Owolabi. He was found with a fresh human head, two human palms, and other remains hidden in a nylon bag. According to Police Public Relations Officer DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the remains were exhumed from a grave at Ido Itekun Village, Igbesa, for suspected ritual purposes. The implement used in the exhumation was recovered at the scene, which police documented. The arrest occurred following the patrol's suspicion of Ashafa's behavior and the suspicious package he was carrying. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation. DSP Babaseyi stated that the command remains committed to curbing crime and urged residents to report any suspicious activities to the nearest police unit.
Idowu Ashafa allegedly dug up a corpse for rituals, yet the police only caught him because he was acting suspiciously with a bag—not because they were monitoring grave sites or responding to a missing body report. The human head and palms were fresh, raising the question of how long the grave had been disturbed before the arrest. Residents in Igbesa now know that exhumations can happen unnoticed until a patrol decides to stop a man with a bloody package. The police urge reporting of suspicious behavior, but their own account shows they had no prior intelligence about the desecration.
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