Confusion In Benin, As Two Bodies Disappear From Mortuary.

A possible breakdown of law and order at the Benin City

Central Hospital, was averted by the police on Friday,

following the mysterious disappearance of two corpses

from the hospital morgue.

It was gathered that relatives of the deceased persons had

gone to the hospital on Thursday to collect the corpses for

burial when they discovered that they were missing from

the hospital mortuary.

The discovery caused stair and confusion at the hospital, as

no one could offer reasonable explanation to the deceased

families.

Michael Idemudia, the eldest son of one of the deceased,

who spoke on behalf of the family, said his father died

while he was being taken to the hospital for treatment.

He explained that his 54-years-old dead father, a retired

police officer, was deposited in the mortuary on the 18

November, 2015.

He said he went to collect his clothes on the 21st of same

month but could not understand why the corpse will be

missing on the day of the burial when arrangements have

been made.

Idemudia alleged the hospital management was doing

nothing about it, rather they locked everywhere.

“My name is Idemudia Michael. I live at 23, Omomo Street

off St. Saviour Road. He is my father, and we are from Ovia

North-East local government area.

“We brought the corpse on the 18th of November, 2015 to

this hospital. We were rushing him to the hospital when

he gave up and we brought him here.

When he died, we were looking for money to burial him.

We came to check on the 21st when they called me to

come pick up his clothes.

“About two days ago, we came to clear the bills and we

had no chance to check him again because we were in a

hurry.

That is where we made the mistake of not checking him.

When we came on Thursday to carry the corpse, it was

nowhere to be found and the burial is Thursday and

Friday.

“The hospital management said we should take it easy that

they are going to investigate the matter,” Idemudia said.

The family of late Lawrence Agbonlahor, whose body is

also allegedly missing from the hospital mortuary, also

narrated the suffering they have been made to go through

as a result of the incident.

The younger brother of the deceased, Friday Agbonlahor,

said he saw brother’s corpse three days ago and could not

understand how it suddenly disappeared.

“In this country, everything you suffer even the dead, to

collect the corpse. I came to see it twice in not less than

three weeks to ensure that they take care of it.

Only for us to come today (Friday) to remove the corpse

and it is nowhere to be found.

“On Monday we saw the corpse and even on Thursday

when we made preparation for the burial, they said we

should not see it since the burial is on Friday.

“This morning somebody came to tell us that there is a

problem in the mortuary because of missing corpse

because they locked up everywhere.

I never envisaged that I will not be taking my corpse, only

to get here they are telling me a different story,”

Agbolanhor said.

The hospital management could not be reached as they

were said to be in an emergency meeting likely to resolve

the mystery surrounding the missing corpses.

Following the incident, family members who deposited

corpses of their dead ones at the hospital were alleged to

be transferring them to other mortuary.

Source: PMNews