Residents of Ikire, Osun State, were thrown into panic on Sunday after a corpse was discovered at a deserted bus stop along the Ife/Ibadan Expressway.
The unidentified body was reportedly dumped at the location in the early hours, raising fears among locals who avoided the area.
The abandoned bus stop, where the corpse was found, is situated near a Divisional office of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
A trader in the area, identified simply as Sesan, told PUNCH Metro that he was alerted about the situation early on Sunday.
He stated, ‘I left my shop late on Saturday, but while still at home this morning, I received a call that a dead body had been dumped near my shop’. By the time I got there, I saw some Civil Defence operatives standing close to the spot where the corpse was found.
‘The matter was reported to the police at the Ikire Division, but as of this afternoon (Sunday), the corpse was still there. People are scared to come near this area. No one knows the identity of the deceased’.
He added that the delay in evacuating the body was attributed to the non-functioning status of local government councils in the state.
When contacted, the acting Police Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Command, Adeola Adeoye, requested time to respond but had yet to provide an update as of the time of filing this report.
