A yet-to-be identified man has died while attempting to exhume a c0rpse at a cemetery in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The deceased who was said to have been removing c0rpses’ skulls was alleged to have been held down on the grave by a ghost at the cemetery.
Chief Imam of the Oke-Ona community, Alhaji Musiliu Nasir in a chat with Community Echo said, “It was early this morning that people came to me that they saw someone fell down at the cemetery, and when we got there we found out that he actually came to operate there.
“Initially, many of them have been coming to dig grave and steal c0rpse’s skull, and we have tried to prevent that by hiring vigilante to secure the mortuary, we haven’t seen such a misery before, this is the first that was caught on act. And we have reported it to the police”.
Residents of the area said the man ded in a pool of his bl0od, with several of them believing that he must have been struck dad by a ghost. They added that the body was whisked away by police with some instruments found with him, such as cutl*ss, knife and a mobile phone.
However, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesperson in Ogun State, confirmed the incident. He said he could not confirm what killed the man, adding that the c0rpse has been deposited in a mortuary in Abeokuta.
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