The Lagos State Police command has arrested five suspects for allegedly dismembering the body of one Mary Ehinlaiye aged 51 who died recently in the state.
The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Mr. Imohimi Edgal who made this known in a press briefing in Lagos yesterday stated that he received a complaint from one Anthony Lawani, younger brother to the said Mary Ehinlaiye, now deceased on Tuesday 20th November, 2018 that body parts of the deceased were sliced off by a yet to be identified persons.
Edgal disclosed that on the receipt of the complaint, he directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCIID, Panti, Yaba to investigate the matter.
He added that preliminary investigation revealed that the corpse of the deceased was deposited at St. Raphael Devine Mercy Specialist Hospital Mortuary along Ijede Road for preservation.
“However, one Olusesi Owamade, ‘m’ 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, the following grave diggers working at Sabo Cemetery, Ikorodu were contacted by the mortuary attendants to exhume the corpse for onward handover to its owner.
“The names of the grave diggers are: Razaki Abesopiti ‘m’ 50 years, Okeowo Kazeem ‘m’ 46 years, Babatunde Giwa ‘m’ 50 years, Ade Aliu ‘m’ 43 years and Musiliu Yakubu ‘m’ 56 years.
“At present it is established that the aforementioned 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”, the CP said.
The Lagos Police Chief noted that investigation into the case was in progress while effort was on to arrest one of the grave diggers by name, Anifowoshe currently at large even as he said that the case would be charged to court and case file forwarded to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
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