Three (3) shocking
dead bodies hurriedly buried in shallow graves along the Enugu /Port-Harcourt
Express Road, Enugu was discovered on Monday. The incident, which occurred at
the Ugwuaji Area of the State has kept residents in tears.
The corpses
were buried inside the foundation of the building suspected to be a church
under construction and totally covered with concrete.
Unconfirmed
sources said one of the workers at the site, who heard about the burial of the
deceased inside the foundation before it was concretized, alerted security
operatives about the evil act.
Policemen
were said to have after receiving the tip-off mobilized some labourers who dug
the foundation open and discovered the corpses.
The
discovery attracted several passersby and they expressed shock at the discovery
and called on security agents to do everything possible to fish out the
perpetrators of the act, who they suspected could be ritualists.
Some
residents of the neighbourhood alleged that the building believed to be a proposed
place of worship, belonged to a ritualist who disguised to be a man of God.
The State
Police spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the report said the corpses
were recovered from the site following a tip-off.
“On
information, three decomposing bodies were discovered and full scale
investigations have commenced with a view to unmasking circumstances
surrounding the incident,” he said.
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