Two Criminals Arrested For Beheading Corpses In Abia

Abia Police Command has arrested two persons for allegedly beheading two corpses kept at a local mortuary in Owerrinta, Isiala Ngwa Local Government Area of the state.

The corpses, male and female, were kept at the Might Moon Mortuary in Owerrinta, where the suspects allegedly beheaded them at about 3.30 a.m. November 4. Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna (ASP), the Police spokesman, who confirmed the incident in Umuahia yesterday, said the suspects were arrested at Owerrinta.

Ogbonna, who described the act as “ungodly and sacrilegious”, said the Police were investigating the matter, to unravel the culpability of the suspects. He said: “How can one behead a dead body?  What is he or she going to do with the head?”

Proprietor of the morgue, Dr Boniface Ubani, had reported the incident to the police on November 5. The suspects had attacked the mortuary attendants before carrying out the act. A source in the village said although people had noticed movements at the time the incident happened, the assumption was that a new corpse was being brought to the morgue.

“We felt the people brought a dead body to the mortuary that night. It was only in the morning that we learnt that some very horrible things took place at the mortuary,” he said.