The corpse of the murdered Imo monarch of Ihitte Ihube in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Paul Ogbu, who was kidnapped last Sunday, and nine others have been evacuated from the dump pit of the kidnapper’s den.
Pointblanknews.com gathered the evacuation was conducted on Friday by the Imo State Government at the dungeon of the kidnappers located at Nkwerri Uda community in Orsu Local Government Area of the state.
Also, the body of the youth leader of Ihitte community in Okigwe, Victor Chukwuemeka Osueke, who was abducted alongside Eze Ogbu, was among the corpses evacuated.
“There are corpses you cannot identify and that was the end of it. We don’t know who they are. Their families may be looking for them for so many months. What we got, for now, are 10 bodies. Who knows what it will be tomorrow,” sources said.
Even the son of the murdered monarch, Prince Chuks Ogbu, who could not hold his tears indentified the lifeless body of his father.
He said: “I can confirm this is the body of my father. So, they killed my father. This is painful.”
It was gathered that it was not only the roasted bodies in the dump that were found, fresh bodies were also discovered in different locations in the Nkwerre Uda community.
Among those who joined the evacuation exercise included the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Police and Department of State Services as well as the mortuary attendants from the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.
