Controversy is currently trailing the death of six unidentified
women, whose corpses were dumped in a canal at Anibaba area, off Akele Street,
Ikorodu, Lagos, at about 3.30 p.m. on Sunday.
It was learned that the six mutilated female corpses were
recovered in Ikorodu between Thursday and Sunday morning besides Bugon filling
station and Water Corperation, Awolowo Way, Ikorodu.
According to reports, the first mutilated corpse was found
on Thursday while five others were recovered on Sunday.
Vanguard learned that some of the bloated corpses were
recovered headless while the breast and private parts of others were missing.
A resident identified as Aduke Ere who spoke to Vanguard
said: “We don’t know how these corpses found their ways into the canal. On
Thursday morning, that was when the first corpse was discovered. Residents had
to inform the police who came and recovered the corpse.
On Sunday, five more corpses were seen where the first one
was recovered on Thursday. Most of the corpses were headless. We had some whose
body parts were missing.”
A landlord who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of
anonymity stated that everything is shrouded in secrecy as the whole community
is silent about this discovery. “I don’t think these ladies are from Ikorodu
community because nobody is missing. What I think is that these people are not
from this community because, about three weeks ago, lots of people from
different places came in their droves to celebrate Ikorodu Day which was marked
with a lot of fanfare and activities. I think that is the only thing that
explains the large number of causalties.”
Confirming the incident, Lagos State police spokesman, DSP
Joseph Offor, told Vanguard that Policemen from Ijede Divisional police station
recovered six corpses from Anibaba River in Ikorodu area of Lagos. “By the time
the corpses were discovered, their bodies had started decomposing. So, we had
to contact health workers who recovered the corpses to prevent any health
hazard. Because of the state of their remains, we couldn’t identify the
corpses. We are waiting for the reports of the health workers as investigation
has begun.”
Source: Vanguard
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