Ogun State Government Exhumes Corpses In Demolition Exercise

Many graves have been reportedly dismantled and their corpses exhumed in Ijoko, Ifo Local Government, Ogun State, in the ongoing demolition exercise of the state government.

Residents told PUNCH Metro that the number was expected to rise as the state continued to take down houses in its road expansion project. PUNCH Metro had, on Monday, reported the demolition of several buildings and structures along the Yakoyo/Alagbole road and the Ijoko/Sango areas by the Ogun State Government. The demolition was said to be have been carried out in preparation for the expansion of the said roads.

Our correspondent gathered that while some of the corpses had been interred for as long as 30 years, a few were said to have been in the graves for about eight years or less.

The families of the deceased were said to have taken the exhumed corpses to unknown destinations.

A commercial motorcyclist, who identified himself as Ahmed Samora, said he was paid to lift the corpses of a couple from their grave.












Source: Punch Metro