Metro
Woman dumps corpse of 34-yr-old son in soak away pit
Five days after the remains of a 34-year-old man identified as Kayode was dumped in a cesspit in the Baruwa area of Ipaja, the police in Lagos State have arrested the mother of the deceased, Mrs. Bosede Adekunle.
According to reports, Kayode who had been sick for some time was living with his widowed mother and two sisters who were taking care of him until he gave up the ghost under unclear circumstances.
Mrs. Adekunle allegedly dumped the corpse in the cesspit and the stench later caught the attention of a resident who traced the smell and found Kayode’s decomposing body.
As soon as an alarm was raised, a crowd gathered and Kayode’s body was recovered from the cesspit and an angry mob descended on Mrs. Adekunle before she was saved by policemen from the Ipaja division who arrested and took her away to the station for questioning.
Read also: Gunmen disarm, kidnap 10 policemen in Lagos
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said investigations into the matter were ongoing, and that Local government health officials were contacted for evacuation of the decomposing corpse.
RipplesNigeria ….without borders, without fears
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
German Police bust alleged Nigerian scam dating ring
German authorities have arrested eleven individuals suspected of being members of a Nigerian mafia group involved in a large-scale dating...
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
Roland Uchendu Pele
December 5, 2016 at 1:34 pm
There was probably no money to take the sick dude to the hospital; and burial ceremonies are becoming pretty expensive these days. Not an excuse though, but the hardship can lead people to act in funny manners, really!
Animashaun Ayodeji
December 5, 2016 at 3:24 pm
There’s more to his death. He was sick, but when he died, his body was thrown away by his mother, why?
Roland Uchendu Pele
December 6, 2016 at 8:25 am
No money!
JOHNSON PETER
December 5, 2016 at 1:40 pm
To me, there is no big deal in what she did as no money to bury him, it’s better there in the soak away as it will blend with the odour of the soak away.
yanju omotodun
December 5, 2016 at 1:44 pm
I support you. Even the deads suffer Recession. Nawa o.
No one must arrest that woman o.
seyi jelili
December 5, 2016 at 1:48 pm
Rubbish. What’s the trumpet about now. She dropped a dead body into a cesspit as cemeteries are filled up. That’s better option. If possible, we should start creamate dead bodies in Nigeria to avoid unnecessary wastage on funerals.
Margret Dickson
December 5, 2016 at 1:51 pm
Exactly what I thought after reading the story. The mother cannot afford funeral.
Amarachi Okoye
December 6, 2016 at 12:35 am
That is not an excuse as far as am concern.is not a most to organize funeral she can take her son to sementry and buried him without calling for party
Balarabe musa
December 5, 2016 at 3:05 pm
Well, Allah won’t be happy with that woman at all. There is no reason that would have warranted her to dispose the dead body of her son into soak away. It’s purely wickedness.
The deads deserve dignity and not disgrace.
Joy Madu
December 6, 2016 at 12:31 am
What are you saying a woman who dump her son body in soak away deserve dignity. Is like you are sick and you need some medications to help your self out.our government should disgrace her for doing such an act