Mortuary attendant decapitates dead body in Ogun, sells head for N50,000

A man said to be a mortuary attendant was arrested in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, for chopping off the head of a deceased boy with the intention of selling it for N50,000.

On Tuesday, April 26, officers from the Ogun State Government-owned security agency, the So-Safe Corps, apprehended the man, who has been identified as Kushimo Lukman.

The So-Safe Corps stated that Lukman was “an acclaimed mortuary attendant working with MABOD at Oke-Yidi, Abule Oloni, Abeokuta.”

The spokesman of the security agency, Moruf Yusuf, stated that, Lukman, who resides at 9, Abule Oloni, Oke Yidi, Abeokuta, was arrested by officers of the agency, while on routine patrol.

He was apprehended “after he had beheaded the corpse of a male minor at the Oke Yidi cemetery in Abeokuta.”

Yusuf stated that Lukman confessed during interrogation that “the beheaded corpse was brought to the cemetery from the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Abeokuta, after he died due to complications from a kidney disease,” according to Daily Post.

“The parents of the boy, who came from Ibadan, sought his assistance as a mortuary attendant to get the body buried,” adding that “he buried the boy’s body inside the cemetery, in the presence of his parents at about 7pm on Monday, April 25,” Lukman was quoted to have said.

However, Lukman was said to have later returned to the cemetery at 6 am on Tuesday, “to severe the head of the buried boy, and he was caught after a fierce fight with the So-Safe officers, who later overpowered him.”

Yusuf added that Lukman “confessed that the fresh head was requested for by one Chief Ifalonishe (AKA Lanroye) at the rate of N50,000,” adding that “it was supposed to be delivered to him at a designated point within Abeokuta.”

Meanwhile, Soji Ganzallo, the corps’ state commander, has directed the corps’ operations section to ensure that the accomplices are captured and brought to justice alongside his numerous clients.

Lukman was arrested and handed over to the Ogun State Police Command in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation and possible prosecution.