Police hunt for human body parts dealer in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a syndicate believed to be involved in the sales of human body parts in the state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, the directive from the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu was sequel to the discovery of a bag load of […]

The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a syndicate believed to be involved in the sales of human body parts in the state.

According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, the directive from the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu was sequel to the discovery of a bag load of human parts found along Martins Street, Igbo Elerin, on June 15, June 2019

Elkana said that the command is worried over the new twist in cases of abduction and kidnap in the metropolis, stressing that homicide detectives have been deployed following the discovery, that members of the gang may be dealing in fresh human parts.  He said: “On June 15, 2019 at about 8.45am, Okoko Police Station received information that a sack, suspected to contain human corpse, was sighted along Martins Street, Igbo Elerin. Homicide detectives were immediately dispatched to the scene.

The sack, with blood stains contained the remains of a male victim of about 40years. The severed body parts found include head and the left hand while the back side lap was slashed off and taken away. The corpse was removed and deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.

The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Zubairu Muazu, has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the investigation in order to unravel the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder and apprehend those behind the heinous crime. He called on members of the public with useful information about the incident to contact the Police”, Elkana said