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Mystery Corpses Found In Anambra River – Police

14 unidentified bloated bodies have been discovered floating in Ezu River in Amansea community, near Awka; a boundary area between Enugu and Anambra states.

According to eyewitness, he said some villagers went to the river to fetch water for their domestic chores when the discovery was made around 8am on Saturday, noting that the river, is a source of drinking water to the people of Amansea and neighbouring communities.

The Anambra State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Azuka Enemuo, who visited the scene, described the incident as a gory one and a waste of human lives, adding that “it is a crime against humanity.’’

The commissioner also emphasised that the bodies found were not fresh corpses

“It was a discovery made by the household who normally come down to get water for their domestic chores. It is a horrible site. We have seen about 14 bodies afloat and this is a river at the boundary between Anambra and Enugu states.

“It is obvious that these corpses being afloat are from somewhere and I can tell you that we have not seen the last of it or say this is the actual number,” she

said.

Enemuo added that the government in collaboration with the traditional ruler would sink more boreholes in the community to improve the water

challenges of the people who drink and carry out other domestic chores from the river.

“The demand to take water from an existing borehole would be high now. We shall collaborate with the traditional ruler to sink more boreholes to ameliorate the water challenges of the people,” she said.

While expressing his shock on the ulgy incident, the traditional ruler of the community, Kenneth Okonkwo, said that finding an alternative source of portable water for the people had become

paramount.

He added that himself and people of his community would collaborate with security agents to unravel mysterious incident.

However, the Vice President- General of the community, Maduka Okoye, said that none of the bodies found afloat had been identified as members of the community,

He added that no member of the community had also been reported missing.

Confirming the incident, the State Commissioner of Police, Balla Nasarawa, said investigation had begun to unravel the mystery.

“Our attention was drawn to the incident and we immediately dispatched our men. As you can see, we are at the scene and we saw some corpses flowing on the river. I have contacted my colleague in Enugu since we share the boundary; so that we can carry out a high level investigation into the incident.

“I don’t know the exact number of bodies, but we have seen about 10 to 15 corpses afloat the river,” he said.

“I don’t think that is true but we shall investigate and keep the public informed after we conclude our investigation,” he added.

He added that himself and people of his community would collaborate with security agents to unravel the mysterious incident.