Anambra mystery corpses to be exhumed

Following shocking results from autopsy carried out on three of the 18 mystery corpses evacuated from the Ezu River, Anambra State government has ordered the exhumation of 15 corpses already buried.   Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Bala Nasarawa, had on Tuesday, said that three bodies, out of the 18 evacuated, had been selected for autopsy, as, according to him, the other 15 had decomposed and therefore buried. He named the team for the autopsy.
Speaking to newsmen yesterday, in Awka, Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Lawrence Ikeako, who is a member of the autopsy team, said that following initial results the remaining 15 corpses buried without scientific examination would be exhumed.  While refusing to disclose details of the team’s findings, Ikeaku only said that the test so far carried out has been revealing.
He said that exhuming the bodies has become imperative in order to ascertain the real cause of the death of each of the persons.  The commissioner assured the people of the state that the result of the autopsy would be made public by the time the 15 bodies have been examined.  Meanwhile, Ezu River has become a tourist centre of sort, as people now throng the area.

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