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The Edo State Police Command has detained a mortician, whose identity was withheld, over the alleged harvesting of organs from a corpse deposited at the Aigbe Mortuary on Akugbe Street in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area.
The mortuary was vandalised after the family of the deceased raised the alarm that some organs were missing from the body of their late father.
It was gathered that the corpse had already been released to the family for burial, but the alleged discovery was made during the lying-in-state ceremony.
According to family sources, the stomach of the deceased was found stuffed with cellophane after the internal organs had allegedly been removed.
According to the source, “The family observed strong smell from the corpse and it was in the process of spraying perfume on the corpse that they discovered that some organs were harvested.
“All the burial arrangement was scattered and the corpse was returned to the mortuary.
“Other people who had corpses at the mortuary rushed to take the bodies to another mortuary.”
The source said the family returned the corpse to the mortuary for explanation and a mob vented their anger on the mortuary.
A viral video showed the corpse with an opening on the chest region and several cellophane taken out of it.
Edo Police Command spokesman, Eno Ikoedem, said the mortician was taken in after a distress call was received.
Ikoedem said investigation has commenced into the incident.
