The Lagos State Police
Command has arrested seven persons working as mortuary and cemetery attendants
over a missing corpse.
The Commissioner of Police
in Lagos, CP Imohimi Edgal, disclosed the arrests to newsmen while parading the
suspects and others on Friday at the command headquarters in Ikeja.
According to NAN, Edgal
said on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 the Command received a complaint from one
Anthony Lawani, younger brother to one Mary Ehinlaiye, now deceased, aged 51
years.
The complainant said that
the body parts of the deceased were sliced off by yet-to-be identified persons.
“Based on the complaint, I
directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCIID, Panti, Yaba to investigate
the matter.
Preliminary investigation
revealed that the corpse of the deceased was deposited at St. Raphael’s Devine
Mercy Specialist Hospital Mortuary along Ijede Road, Ikorodu, Lagos for
preservation.
“However, one Olusesi
Owamade, aged 41 years, a mortuary attendant, with the approval of his
supervisor, Michael Olusegun, aged 65 years, erroneously released the corpse to
another family.
“When the relations of the
deceased woman came for the release of the corpse for burial, it was nowhere to
be found.
“At this juncture, it
dawned on the mortuary attendants that they had released the corpse to the
wrong persons.
“To recover the corpse,
five grave diggers working at Sabo Cemetery, Ikorodu were contracted by the
mortuary attendants to exhume the corpse for onward handover to its owners,” he
said.
The police boss further
said that the suspects conspired among themselves and dismembered the body of
the deceased by cutting off the two wrists and heart for a yet-to-be determined
reason.
“Investigation into this
case is in progress, while efforts are on to arrest one of the grave diggers
named Anifowoshe, who is currently at large.
“The case will be charged
to court and case file forwarded to the Office of the Directorate of Public
Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice,” he said.
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