A woman corpse with no head

LAGOS—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.
Vanguardlearned 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 toVanguardsaid: "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 toVanguardon 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, toldVanguardthat 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."