Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the case of some embalmed corpses found abandoned in a bungalow in Benin city.
The Police had swooped on the scene after a viral video showing the discovery what many believed was a ritual den.
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The operatives of Edo State Police Command on the order of the Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro on Thursday arrested two more suspects.
Some residents who declined to speak on camera told AIT that the owner of the building identify as one Chukwu Otu now at large was a known mortician who operated a mortuary elsewhere but had recently relocated to the present premises at Ekenwan road.
Another man who also refused to speak on camera said his mother’s body waiting to be buried was among the twenty corpses found at the premises.
The Police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor who was also at the scene of crime gave update on the development saying that investigation is ongoing to unravel the issues surrounding the twenty corpses found at the scene.
Some of the suspects arrested spoke on their involvement in the alleged crime of keeping a ritual den.
The Police Command however assured proper investigation into the matter and continuous commitment to the protection of lives and property of citizens of the State.
(Editor: Omor Bazuaye)
