Two brothers, Abdul Lateef and Yusuf Adekanye, have been remanded in a custodial centre by a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly exhuming their father’s corpse for ritual.
The prosecutor, Moshood Adebayo, said the duo led some people now at large to their family compound and removed the remains of their late father, Zakarya Adekanye, from the grave without the knowledge of other family members.
He told the court that the defendants exhumed and packed all the skeletons away for ritual purposes, which contravened the law of the land.
They were arraigned by the police on Wednesday on two counts of criminal conspiracy and exhuming of a corpse that are punishable under sections 97 and 226 of the Penal Code Law.
The brothers, when charged however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Magistrate, Mohammed Adams, ordered the defendants remanded in a custodial centre. The case was adjourned till April 12, 2022, for further hearing.
