Mortuary attendant arrested for beheading corpse of minor

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta

The So-Safe Corps, on Tuesday arrested a mortuary attendant with MABOD at Oke-Yidi, Abule Oloni, Abeokuta for beheading the corpse of a minor.
The suspect, Kushimo Lukman who resides at No 9, Abule Oloni, Oke Yidi, Abeokuta was arrested by the officers of So-Safe Corps, who were on routine patrol after he had beheaded the corpse of the male minor at the Oke Yidi cemetery.
During interrogation, the suspect revealed that the beheaded corpse was brought to the cemetery from the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta after the boy had died due to complications from a kidney disease.
He claims that the parents, who came from Ibadan, sought his assistance as a mortuary attendant to get the body buried. He further said that he buried the boy’s body in the cemetery in the presence of his parents at about 7pm on Monday.

The suspect later went back to the cemetery at 6am on Tuesday, 26th of April, to severe the head of the buried boy where he was caught after a fierce fight with the So-Safe officer who later overpowered him.
The suspect later confessed that the fresh head was requested for by a certain Chief Ifalonishe AKA Lanroye at the rate of N50,000 and it was supposed to be delivered to him at a designated point within Abeokuta.
The state commander of the corps, Dr Soji Ganzallo has ordered the operation department of the Corps to ensure that the accomplices are apprehended and brought to book alongside his numerous clients.
The suspect has been transferred to the state Police Command for further investigation and likely prosecution.