By Stephen Oladele
Police in Kwara State have arrested a 25-year-old man, Salihu Seidu who allegedly killed his 65-year-old father-in-law, Lawal Umar, on the excuse that the father-in-law was responsible for the death of his (Seidu’s) son.
The incident happened at a Fulani camp in Agah village in Moro Local Government Area of the state.
The police said Seidu had an unfounded belief that his father in-law used a metaphysical means to kill his son and therefore decided to avenge the killing by killing the old man.
The state commissioner of police, Adekimi Ojo, who briefed newsmen of the development said the suspect carried out the act when he travelled from his own Fulani camp in Temidire to the deceased’s camp in Agah village where at the tent of the man he attacked him with machete.
Ojo said Seidu launched the attack at night using the machete to hack the man to death while other occupants of the tent had slept
He said the suspect after carrying out the act fled but was later apprehended by the police at his Temidire camp
He stated: “On 6th October 2026, at about 0900hrs, we received a report that Alhaji Lawal Umar,
aged 65, had been found dead inside his tent at a Fulani camp in Agah Village, Moro
Local Government Area, with multiple machete wounds.
“Police personnel from the
division visited the scene, where the body was documented and subsequently released to the deceased’s eldest son for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
“In the course of our investigation, Salihu Seidu, the deceased’s 25-year-old son-in-law, was arrested at Temidire Fulani Camp on 9th October 2026 following a tip-off.
“Preliminary findings indicate that the suspect travelled from Temidire to the deceased’s camp on the night of 6th October, entered the tent while other occupants
were asleep, and attacked the deceased with a machete before fleeing.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the killing, claiming that he believed the deceased was responsible for the death of his son about two weeks earlier. “
Ojo said investigations were ongoing to determine whether any other person was involved in
the crime and disclosed that the suspect would be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the
investigation.
The police boss also disclosed arrest of three suspects over dealings in skulls of buried deceased in Omupo town in Ifelodin Local Government Area of the state.
He said two of the suspects who are siblings and of whom one is a cripple engage in exhuming deceased bodies at burial ground and severing their skulls while they sell the severed skulls to the third suspect, a herbalist.
Ojo who disclosed that people of the community had noticed that buried bodies were being exhumed at the community’s burial ground said through painstaking intelligence the two suspects were later caught in the act while digging graves at about 5am
Ojo disclosed that investigation by the police led to the arrest of the third suspect after the two suspected had allegedly confessed to the act.
He said that the three suspects whose names are given as Abu Jimoh and Ayo Jimoh (the siblings) and Mukaila Bello (the herbalist) would be charged to the court after conclusion of investigation.
The police boss also hinted of arrest of man suspected to be a member of kidnapping gang operating some parts of the state.
He said the suspect was arrested at Bode Saadu in Moro Local Government Area of the state and that he was being investigated while the police were intensifying efforts to arrest fleeing members of the gang.
“On 12th October 2026, at about 1826hrs, we arrested one Umaru Ahmadu at Bode
Saadu, Moro Local Government Area, through credible intelligence and in collaboration with members of the Fulani Miyetti Allah Vigilante.
“The suspect was linked to a kidnapping syndicate responsible for the abduction of two persons from a Fulani settlement in Okeya.
“During interrogation, Umaru Ahmadu admitted being a member of kidnappers gang
with one muhammed Abubakar Chekare 26yrs who was shot dead by security forces during one of their expedition at Babasango.
“He also mentioned several other
persons connected to the operation, including Tukur of Kajaola, via Oke-Ode, and
Ali of Madanla, alongside other accomplices who remain at large.
He further disclosed that the gang had a pump-action rifle kept in Tukur’s custody.
“The suspect remains in our custody for discreet investigation, while we intensify efforts to apprehend the fleeing suspects and recover the firearm,” Ojo stated.
