woman caught removing human parts from graves

woman caught removing human parts from graves

A woman, who allegedly specializes in exhuming corpses from graves and severing human parts for ritual purposes, has been arrested by the police at Kaoje in Bagudo area of Kebbi State.

The 40-year old woman, whose name was given as aisha Umaru, was said to have gone to one of the burial grounds at Kaoje around 2:30 am to exhume the remains of a man from the grave, severed the parts and took some of it away for ritual purpose.

While briefing journalists at the police command in Birnin Kebbi, the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim M. Kabiru, said a tip off on the crime led the police to where the woman was arrested. 

He said the suspect confessed to the crime, claiming she was sent by one Malam Muhammed from Sokoto.

While being paraded by the police, the suspect told our correspondent she was a driver and he had been carrying planks from Zaria to Sokoto before she was introduced into the obnoxious business.

“This is my first time; I have never done it before. Malam Muhammed sent me to get the human parts from burial ground. I didn’t know it will put me in this trouble,” she said.

aisha, who claimed to have 10 children, said she started the act because she needed  to cater for her large family.