The Edo State Police Command has said that the building where mummified bodies were found can not pass for a morgue, as the principal suspect, Gabriel Otu, has no approval to operate such, noting that a severed body at the facility showed there was more happening at the place than claimed.

At a press conference on Monday, the officer in charge of the Criminal Investigative Department at the Command, Olawore Oluwole, said in the course of the investigation, there was an interface with medical personnel, lawyers, members of the public, representatives of the Benin Traditional Council, families of those who deposited corpses, as well as a pathologist.

Oluwole said, “Following investigations by the command’s team and health personnel led by the commissioner for health, some documents were recovered portraying an approved location from the ministry of environment and sustainability.

However, the principal suspect, Gabriel Otu, later reported and made statements, and some other hospitals and mortuaries were equally visited and the following facts emerged.

“The principal suspect didn’t acquire formal training but only worked at different mortuaries as a mortuary attendant. He doesn’t have the certificate to practice as a mortician or any certification from the traditional board, ministry of health, ministry of environment, or any other appropriate certification.

“The building utilised by him was not certified nor approved by the ministry of health or environment. Other facts revealed is that the mortuary is not a layout for trado-medical institution.”

He added, “Twenty three corpses, as well as a dismembered without a skull, were found, and it depicts an unlawful possession and violates section 329 of the criminal code.

“There were also sacrilegious effigies found at the scene; some were inside while others were outside. These depict criminal elements in his possession and against section 213 of the criminal code. Some specimens were extracted and have been sent to experts for forensic analysis”.

Also speaking, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Obehi Akoria, said the state government had given September 9 as the deadline for mortuary operators who are yet to obtain operational licenses to get approval from the ministry of health.

Akoria urged owners of registered mortuary homes to present their proof of registration to the state ministry of health by Friday, September 30.

She said, “The Edo State Ministry of Health is using this opportunity to reach out to all persons who own or operate mortuaries or embalmment homes to come to the ministry of health, directorate of regulation and monitoring, with evidence of due registration if they are duly registered latest by September 30.

“However, for those who are not duly registered, we are giving till the close of business on September 9 for them to present themselves to the ministry of health, where we will give them the basic requirements for the operation of mortuaries or embalmment homes in the state”.

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Damnnn niggar

Damnnn

I know say na mortuary he go be just that him nor get licence to operate

Na wa, things dey happen o

Omoh na by men of Benz and range ..... nothing u fit tell me wey go make me say no be them see wetin Dem do my fellow humans chaiii human being is the most dangerous animal in the world

Hmm.

Wonder's shall never end in Nigeria.

Unknown Corpses......

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Islie:


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hmmm

Crucify him please

F

Makes sense

lol nothing wey we no go see for this country dem don dey open mortuary without License too

See liver

K

So Dead people in Nigeria now need 24 armed security for them to rest in peace.

Staying alive you go face danger, you die you still dey for danger.
Fela warned us but we didn't listen.

Chai!

Hmmm

K

They must chop the guy money nah. E no go end just like that. No be Nigerian police again?

speechless for now

It's a mprruaey then, though not approved. How many businesses are approvwd in Nigeria? If you confirm from the owners of the corpse that they deposited their dead, just warn the guy to go an register the morgue. Na part of hustling. He has the experience and I guess his services are cheap.

slawomir:
Damnnn niggar

Damnnn

I know say na mortuary he go be just that him nor get licence to operate

Fact.

Me sef reason am.
But if dem no sensationalise the tory, how e wan take sell?!

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Identify the corpses, trace their families in an ideal situation

inoki247:
lol nothing wey we no go see for this country dem don dey open mortuary without License too

No be in India some gangs dey operate police station for many years before dem burst dem?

High profile human traffickers huh?




Ima light they as$ up on that spot, son

Lionize:
It's a mprruaey then, though not approved. How many businesses are approvwd in Nigeria? If you confirm from the owners of the corpse that they deposited their dead, just warn the guy to go an register the morgue. Na part of hustling. He has the experience and I guess his services are cheap.

Mortuary should be approved by the government, otherwise epidemic will just be around the corner for the neighbours

Lies