Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested four suspects following the disappearance of corpse of a 86-year old man, Pa Joel Omiran, from hospital mortuary.
It was learnt that the family of the old man, who died a month ago, reported the case of their missing corpse at the mortuary of Sacred Heart Hospital in Lantoro, Abeokuta, to the police when the morgue attendants could not produce the body on demand for burial.
Corpse of Pa Omiran, who was said to have died in a private hospital where he was rushed to for treatment by his children, was reportedly kept in the mortuary till burial arrangements will be concluded.
The family was said to have checked the mortuary three weeks ago and confirmed that the body was still well preserved but on the day of taking delivery of the body of their late father, but the corpse was nowhere to be found.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said four persons have been arrested.
According to a statement by him: “We are aware of the incident. One 86-year old man, Joel Omiran’s body was missing at the Sacred Heart Hospital mortuary.
“We have commenced an investigation. The State CID, Eleweran, has taken over the case. Four suspects have been held. Two mortuary attendants, one auditor and a plumber.
“The plumber was arrested because we heard that a few days to the incident, he had helped the attendants to break the door to the mortuary when the keys to the doors were misplaced.”
