Headless corpse rattles Edo residents

THERE was panic among residents of Auchi
community in Etsako West Local Government
Area of Edo State, following the shocking
discovering of the headless corpse of a middle-
aged man on the Benin-Okenne-Lokoja
expressway.

It was gathered that the body of the victim
identified as Clement was found in front of
Campus Two of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi.



It was learnt that the late Clement was likely a
commercial motorcyclist as his severed head
was sighted by the roadside, a little distance
from a motorcycle.

The circumstances surrounding the victim’s
death was not clear as at press time, even as
some sources gave conflicting accounts on the
cause of his death.

While some residents claimed that the deceased
was allegedly murdered by suspected ritualists,
others said that he might have been crushed to
death by a heavy-duty truck on Sunday.

The Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety
Corps, Moses Bature, who confirmed the
incident, said that it was a suspected case of a
fatal accident involving a hit-and-run driver.
Bature also said that the corpse had been
deposited at a mortuary.

He said, “It is hit-and-run. We did not see the
driver. We only carried the body to a
mortuary.”