The Police in Lagos have arrested seven persons working as mortuary and
cemetery attendants over a missing corpse in their custody.
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Imohimi Edgal, disclosed the arrests
to newsmen while parading the suspects and others yesterday at the Command
headquarters in Ikeja. According to Edgal, 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.
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