14.12.2025
A mortuary attendant is cooling off in police detention after being accused of harvesting organs from the body of deceased father.
Members of the family realised that parts of their father’s body were missing, and they stormed the mortuary located at Akugbe Street in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State to vandalised the premises.
According to family sources, the stomach of the deceased was found stuffed with cellophane after the internal organs had allegedly been removed.
“The family observed strong smell from the corpse and it was in the process of spraying perfume on the corpse that they discovered that some organs were harvested,” said a family member.
“All the burial arrangement was scattered, and the corpse was returned to the mortuary.
“Other people who had corpses at the mortuary rushed to take the bodies to another mortuary.”
The source said the family returned the corpse to the mortuary for explanation and a mob vented their anger on the mortuary.
A viral video showed the corpse with an opening on the chest region and several cellophane taken out of it.
Edo Police Command spokesman, Eno Ikoedem, said the mortician was taken in after a distress call was received. Ikoedem said investigation has commenced into the incident.