Anxiety grips Ondo community over discovery of three headless bodies

Anxiety has gripped the residents of Odigbo community over the discovery of three headless bodies floating in a river along the Odigbo-Ore Old Road in Ondo State.

The decomposing bodies were discovered at the riverbank in the Odigbo Local Council Area of the State

According to the residents, some suspected ritualists and kidnappers in the area might be responsible for the horrific act.

The exact cause of death of the deceased persons is still unknown.

Spokesman of the State Police Command, Olayinka Alayande, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, said the headless bodies had been evacuated and taken to the morgue.

“I can confirm to you that some three bodies were recovered at the river in Odigbo. And immediately it was reported at the Ore Division.

The DPO of that division moved detectives to the scene where the three bodies were recovered.

The DPO upon recovering the bodies, they were taken to the morgue at the General Hospital and the DPO summoned the community leaders and all interest groups to ensure the identification of the body. Also directing that anybody that has information to the body to go there and check. But ever since then we have not received any, nobody has been able to identify any of the bodies.

It is believed that those bodies were brought there and dumped at that site by some unknown men, ”he said.