Unknown Young Lady’s Corpse Found, Dumped By Lagos Road Side

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A corpse of an unidentified young lady suspected to have been murdered by some unknown assassins have been found in a street corner in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos.

It was gathered that the corpse was found by the residents on Saturday morning at Adedayo Adedeji Street by Church Bus stop in Abaranje area of the community.

When P.M.EXPRESS visited the scene later Saturday, the corpse was still lying at the spot where she was dumped with no sign that the authority has been informed for the evacuation of the body.

The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained as some residents told our correspondent that the lady was not living in the area because her face was unknown.

It was learnt that the lady might have visited the area for an undisclosed mission before she might have been killed and dumped there.

The residents said they woke up in the morning only to find the corpse which was still fresh.

Some other residents told P.M.EXPRESS there was a popular hotel few meters from where the corpse was found that has many young girls troop there for weekend runs.

They suspect the deceased might be one of them.

When our correspondent contacted the Ikotun Divisional Police Officer, DPO, he promised to dispatched his men to the scene to carry the corpse and deposited it at a mortuary for autopsy report.

As at the time our correspondent left the scene, the victim has not been identified and her corpse was still lying there.