Mortuary Attendants, Five Others Arrested For Selling Human Parts by Nigeria Police

The Osun State Police Command has arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe bodies in the mortuary.

A statement signed by the acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Police Command, Mr. Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, said the suspects arrested included two mortuary attendants -Johnson Daniel, aged 43, and Adetunji Okunade, aged, 42 years.

Giwa-Alade, who listed others arrested for the crime as, Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo  Hammed, Kazeem Rasaq, and Asaka Rauf, said the suspects were arrested upon credible information from a good-spirited individual that, Daniel, a mortuary attendant at lpetu-ljesa was selling remains of corpses deposited at the mortuary where he worked to native doctors.

“The said suspects use these remains from the mortuary attendant (Johnson Daniel) for different ritual purposes. Daniel also confessed that he conspired with one other mortuary attendant named Adetunji Okunade ‘m’ to sell the remnant of water used in bathing corpses to interested native doctors.

“In the course of an investigation, a search was conducted at the residences of these suspects which led to the recovery of fragments of substances suspected to be a human skull at Asaka Rauf ‘m’ and Oladapo Hammed ‘m’’s residences, while a female pant and a notebook containing instructions on ritual practices were recovered from Balogun Temitope Asimiyu’s residence,” Giwa-Alade said.

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My Take 

I have always advised that people should bury their deceased loved ones without delay and avoid patronizing these ill-equipped and substandard mortuaries especially in Nigeria that are not regulated and still manned by incompetent people that engage in sharp practices as contained in the story.

I have heard stories like this before now and it is quite rampant.

The wicked mortuary attendants and their partners in crime, should be dealt with seriously but in accordance with the law.

It is terrible that they have no respect for the dead ones and don't care about the living.

I gathered that those that buy the mortuary water used to bath bodies are not only the witch doctors but also operators of eateries and restaurants for the purpose of attracting more patronage after mixing it with cooked food for public consumption.

I advise that people should be wary of eateries where many troop in and out because it could be because of the charm in the food with water used to bath bodies in the Nigerian mortuaries. Be warned!