Residents of Ibukun Oluwa Community in the Oworonshoki area say they are scared that a decaying corpse in the Lagos State owned parks and gardens in the area may cause an epidemic.
The residents complained the corpse had been abandoned at the gardens since Saturday, adding that efforts to get.....
health workers to remove it had been abortive.
They said they feared that the body could blow up if nothing was done on time as the stench from the corpse had filled the whole community.
The decomposing body was balanced on one of the steel benches constructed at the gardens, located near the entrance into Ogunnaike Street.
A community leader, Elijah Akinpelu, explained that he got a piece of cloth to cover up the body.
He said the victim, who people call Peter, had been living under the bridge for the past four years and no one knew his family members.
He said, “He has been around this community for the past four years. He did not seem to have any mental problem. A cleaner at the gardens lamented that the police and the KAI officials merely looked at the corpse and went away.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, when contacted, said the police were collaborating with other agencies to remove the corpse.
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