Three bloated bodies recovered in Kirikiri carnal in three days

One of the staff, Mr  Christopher Okwu,  confirmed to have evacuated the bodies on two occasions, within three days.

Another member of staff,  Eniola Yusuf, said the recovered corpses were in their decomposing states and as such, could not be identified.

 He said: “I cannot recall the number of dead bodies we found last year. However, in the month of December 2022, alone,  we evacuated three bodies within the space of three days.

“ Whenever  we evacuate the bodies, an autopsy is not carried out on them  because the bodies are  decayed.”

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An admin officer in Vanguard, Mr Orji Francis, lamented that  “we have seen multiple dead bodies floating here. When such happens, we would immediately contact the Ministry of Health to evacuate them so that it doesn’t get decayed, because when it starts decaying, nobody can not come into our premises. And the ministry has always responded without delay.

“ We noticed an injury on one side of the last body evacuated. The injury showed that he had been stabbed and maybe thrown into the water.”

Police sources at Kirikiri division told Vanguard that the division had been alerted to the incident.

 Sources said, “ Policemen are stationed at Vanguard junction. We often patrol the area to ensure such an ugly incident does not happen again. Special focus is centred around the bridges because information got to us about the dangerous activities that happen  both at night and daytime in the location.”

When contacted, the Lagos State Police spokesman,  SP Benjamin Hundeyin said such matters had not been brought to his notice. But he promised that the command would swing into action immediately.