By Daniel Chibuike Residents of Ohiya community in Umuahia South Local Government Area have alerted the Abia State government and se...
By Daniel Chibuike
Residents of Ohiya community in Umuahia South Local
Government Area have alerted the Abia State government and security agencies
about the discovery of two naked corpses.
The unidentified dead bodies, according to village sources
and commercial transporters, were discovered over the weekend along Tower-Ohiya
section of Umuahia-Enugu expressway.
According to them, nobody could tell if the victims were
killed on the spot or were killed somewhere else and brought to the scene by
the unknown culprits.
A bus driver, who spoke under anonymity, told DAILY POST
that the corpses were in a decomposing state, adding that they were unclad and
were face up.
He added that the offensive odour coming from the dead
bodies polluted the air around the area.
In a reaction, the Abia State government described the
discovery of the corpses as disturbing.
In a statement by Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Media and
Publicity Adviser to governor Alex Otti, the Abia State government said that
security agencies were working to unravel the circumstances surrounding the
death of the victims.
“The attention of the Abia State government has been drawn
to a disturbing report of the discovery of some corpses whose identities are
yet to be confirmed at the Ohiya Axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway
earlier today.
“Government has since alerted security agencies and is
presently collaborating with them to unearth the circumstances surrounding the
death of the victims.
“Government calls on Abians to remain calm while urging
good-spirited members of the public with useful information that could assist
the government get to the root cause of the death of the victims not to
hesitate in making it available to the government or security agents”, Ekeoma
said.
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