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...For a better society... Thursday, August 05 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Opinion Politics Sports Features Health Woman Foreign News Columnists Business Money/Market InfoTel Brands/Promotions Trade/Commerce View from America Raid on shrines: Police recover 50 corpses, 20 skulls FELIX UKA, Awka ANAMBRA State police command yesterday recovered 20 skulls, most of them fresh, and about 50 corpses at Ogwugwu Okija shrines in Ihiala local government area of the state. Heavily armed policemen in 10 trucks, mostly men of the special anti-robbery squad, were accompanied by the state commissioner of police, Mr. Felix Ogbaudu in the raid. Addressing newsmen after the raid, Mr. Ogbaudu said the command in a convoy of 10 vehicles, fully loaded with policemen, arrived the Okija community by 10.00 a.m. After showing journalists the 20 skulls, the commissioner said the raid followed a tip-off by a former member of the shrines (names withheld) who said he saw over 50 corpses in various stages of decomposition at the shrine, saying that it was a peculiarly gory sight. The commissioner said that the remains of Chief Victor Okafor (a.k.a Ezego), who died mysteriously about two years ago, could be among the corpses carelessly scattered in the various shrines in the Okija community. "I tell you, I almost shed tears: I saw corpses thrown around the evil forest, with remains of their clothes on, I think they were embalmed before being taken to the shrines", he stated. Ogbaudu said it was not unlikely that most of those said to be missing could be found in the shrines. "You can’t rule out that it is a market place for human parts, yes!, where are the heads of those whose heads I found missing at the shrines?" He lamented that the development might have been due to age-long traditional practices, urging people in and around the area to have faith in God and not be compelled to deposit bodies of their relations at the shrines. The commissioner assured that his command would unravel the immediate and remote issues concerning rituals. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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