Residents of Odigbo in Odigbo local government area in Ondo State have been gripped by fear over the discovery of three headless bodies floating in a river along the Odigbo-Ore Old Road in the state.
The residents stumbled upon the decomposing bodies floating on the river, with some lodged against the riverbanks on Sunday.
A source said the victims were brutally murdered and dumped in the river by suspected kidnappers.
Also, the Immediate-past youth leader of the community who identified himself as Shileola expressed shocked when he heard about the incident over the phone.
“I rushed to the scene, hoping to identify the victims through their clothing or any other means, but all efforts proved abortive,” he said.
While saying that the victims might have been killed elsewhere and their bodies dumped in the river, Shileola noted that no reports of missing persons were recorded in the area.
He, however, urged residents to remain vigilant and security-conscious in the wake of the incident.
As of the time of filing this report, the exact cause of their death remains unknown.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola said the three bodies have been recovered by the police.
“I can confirm to you that some three bodies were recovered at the river in Odigbo. And immediately it was reported at the Ore Division. The DPO of that division moved a detective to the scene where the three bodies were recovered,” Ayanlade said.
He said the DPO upon recovering the body, took the corpse to the morgue at the town’s General Hospital.
“The DPO summoned the community leaders and all interest groups to ensure the identification of the body.
“Also directing that anybody that has information to the body to go there and check. But ever since then we have not received any, nobody has been able to identify any of the bodies.
“And it is believed that those bodies were brought there and dumped at that site by some unknown men. So we believe that that did not actually happen in those days.
“The area it happened bordered a lot of states, both Ogun and Edo States. So we believe the body is not from the state. However, it was dumped in that river,” the PPRO said.
