{
  "id": 14279410,
  "title": "Police arrest 17 criminal suspects in Kwara",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/police-arrest-17-criminal-suspects-in-kwara",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T19:44:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/13/police-arrest-17-criminal-suspects-in-kwara/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Kwara State Police Command arrested 17 suspects on Tuesday, 8th October 2026, for various criminal offences. Two suspects, Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh, were held for the alleged exhumation of graves in Omupo community. During questioning, they implicated Mukaila Bello, a herbalist, as the buyer. Three others, Babatunde Mustapha, Abdulrahman Mustapha, and Bashirat Abdul Fatai, were arrested for the abuse of a child, Misturah Babatunde, in Adewole quarters, Ilorin. The victim disclosed that she was beaten with an electrical wire and burnt with a hot coal pot by her father, stepfather, and a neighbor. The case was referred to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Women and Children Protection Unit. Two suspects, Kamalden Lukmon and Abdulganiyu Ibrahim, were held for attempting to use human hands for money-making rituals. They claimed Abdulraf Apata, a vigilante, provided the body parts. Other suspects, including Abubakar Usman, Saba Ismail, Ahmadu Dahiru, Umaru Ahmadu, and Salihu Seidu, were paraded for various crimes such as conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery, gang affiliation, and murder. The police are investigating the claims to establish the facts and determine if other individuals were involved.",
  "summary": "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 […] Police arrest 17 criminal suspects in Kwara",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}