Police Release Man Found With Corpse, Say He’s Not A Ritualist
Lagos police have released a man (Names withheld) found with dead body at Ilemba-Hausa Division of the State Command.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has said, adding that the man is not a ritualist as alleged by residents of the area.
Hundeyin said that the incident happened on Friday, when a man, who was assisting his friend to go and bury his dead child was almost lynched when some residents found the corpse with him.
He said that the residents were suspicious and took him as a ritual killer, who might have abducted and killed the child.
“Upon interrogation, the man told the police that the child had been sick for a while and had just died in the hospital,’ Hudenyin said.
The man said he was contracted by the parents of the deceased to help bury the child. He was on his way to bury the child before he was accosted by some residents who thought he had an evil intention.
Meanwhile the parents of the deceased child were invited to the station, where they confirmed the man’s claim,” Hundeyin said.
The spokesperson said that the parents of the child and the accused man were released to proceed with the burial of the child
