Cleric allegedly exhumes friend`s corpse for ritual in Kwara
The police in Kwara are on the trail of an Ilorin based-Islamic cleric who allegedly exhumed the corpse of his late friend for ritual purpose.
The cleric, a resident of Eleran compound in Oloje area of Ilorin and said to be in his 30s, allegedly exhumed the remains of his childhood friend on Tuesday, seven days after his death.
A source said that the community became aware of the development when the odour of the decomposing body permeated the area.
He said on Wednesday in Ilorin that members of the community had to embark on a search when the odour became unbearable.
According to him, the search team later traced the odour to the apartment of the cleric.
He said the door was forcefully broken and the search party discovered the decomposing corpse said to be that of one Sulaiman.
The deceased, he said went out with the cleric last Wednesday and had complained of stomach ache not long after they returned.
He reportedly died in a hospital last Thursday and was buried the same day in accordance with Islamic rite.
The suspect, however, fled through a back door when he sensed that members of the community were tracing the source of the odour.
Another source said that the victim was a bosom friend to the cleric as they both attended the same school.
The irate members of the community, however, beat up the father of the suspect before taking him to the Divisional Police Headquarters in the area.
They also demolished the building belonging to the family of the suspect.
DSP Ajayi Okasanmi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident, saying an investigation was ongoing on the matter.
Okasanmi also said some objects suspected to be human parts were recovered from the building before it was demolished by the irate members of the community.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yomi Ogunsola CCB Kanu Agabi Bisi Kristien UTME Saudat Abdulbaqi Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman Kisira Wahab Isa Gbemisola Saraki Adamu Attah Abdulkadir Jimoh National Broadcasting Commission Ali Ahmad Adijat Adebiyi Ilorin Innovation Hub Florence Saraki Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria Aso-ofi Olokoba Ramadhan IPSAS Ubandawaki Kwara Basketball Association Pilgrims Board Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye Raimi Iyanda Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Jimoh Bashir John Obuh Farouk Salim Abdulrahman Onikijipa Olushola Saraki Mustapha Akanbi AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah Mohammed Yisa Mohammed Abduraheem LEAH Charity Foundation Azeez Bello Atiku Abubakar Onilu Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Omoniyi M. Ayinla Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency Razaq Ayobami Akanbi Isiaka Yusuf Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Owo Arugbo Balogun Gambari Ilesha Gwanara Road Abdulrauf Yusuf Yemi Osinbajo Muritala Olarewaju Saka Saadu Vasolar Consortium Kunle Akogun Nigerian Army Omupo Joseph Alex Offorjama James Ayeni Kayode Zubair Tunji Oyawoye Oloje PAACO-PCL Consortium Abdulrahman Iliasu Plat Technologies Limited Hamid Bobboyi Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin Salihu Jibril Garbi Madawaki Oyedun Juliana Funke Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Taofeek Ibraheem Oko-Erin Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede Bashiru Makama