The Edo State Police Command on Tuesday said investigation is ongoing to unravel the mystery around the corpses of 10 men found along a bush path by Ibillo-Lampese Road.
The Command in a statement by PPRO, SP Chidi Nwabuzor said the discovery followed credible intelligence gotten by policemen, vigilantes and the hunters.
Nwabuzor said the DPO,Ibillo Division received information that some dead bodies were sighted at the aforementioned location and immediately he mobilized his Operatives, Vigilantes group and the Hunters to the scene.
On getting to the scene, ten male dead bodies between the ages of twenty- three to twenty-five years wer found.
” That during the preliminary investigation, photographs of the dead bodies were taken, the bodies were duly searched and examined but there was no noticeable mark of violence or materials that may lead to identifying the dead bodies.
” Investigation was also extended to the Fulani / Hausa Communities and the indigenous Communities who came, examined corpses and declared that the dead bodies were not natives of their Vigilantes.
” The dead bodies have since been deposited at the Ibillo General Hospital Mortuary for preservation and forensic investigation.
He said the State Commissioner Of Police, Mohammed Dankwara, FBDFM has appealed to any one with useful information that may lead to uncovering the course of death of the ten young men and also that could lead to the possible arrest of the suspects.
He listed the telephone numbers to call to include: (1) 08051010829, 08036695572, 08034702270 and 08033726625,.
He also urged “the good people of Edo State and the general public to remain calm and go about their lawful businesses, that the Command has set up a powerful team of investigators to investigate this carnage with a view to fish out the perpetrators of this carnage.”
