Police seek help to identify 3 headless bodies found in Ondo river
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The three bodies discovered recovered at a river in Ore town of Odigbo LGA and were recovered by the police
By Aderemi Bamgbose
The Police in Ondo said they have sought the assistance of community leaders and other interest groups to identify three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson for the Ondo Police Command, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade said this while confirming the discovery of the three headless bodies in a river in Ore.
He added that efforts were also ongoing to identify the culprits of the heinous crime.
But he added that efforts to identify the corpses have not been successful.
He said that the corpses have been evacuated by the police and deposited at the Ore General Hospital morgue.
“I can confirm to you that three bodies were recovered at a river in Odigbo and immediately it was reported at the Ore Division.
“The DPO moved a detective to the scene where the three headless bodies were recovered.
“Community leaders and other interest groups have been invited to identify the corpses but unfortunately the bodies are yet to be identified.
“It is believed that those bodies were brought there and dumped at that site by unknown assailants, but investigations are ongoing to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime and bring them to book,” Ayanlade said.
It was gathered that the headless bodies were discovered in the river by some residents and immediately reported the incident to the police. (NAN)
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