Four Bodies Recovered From Septic Tank In Lagos

Four decaying bodies have been found and uncovered from a septic tank by the Lagos State Police Command in Ikorodu territory of the state.

The state Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, said this known in an announcement made accessible to columnists on Thursday.

As per Elkana, the bodies are those of Bureau De Change administrators who were supposedly killed by associated fraudsters who cheated them with immense measure of cash.

The announcement read: "On March 4, the police order got a protest from Ikorodu territory that some unidentified people drew closer Alhaji Yakubu Musa and Alhaji Hassan Umaru, administrators of an authority de change at Benson region of Ikorodu and educated them that they had a connection who come back from abroad and expected to sell $10,000.

"They at first mentioned that installment would be made in a bank in Ikorodu, yet on getting to the bank, the presumes moved the administrators to an obscure goal and began requesting pay-off from their companions and relatives.

"Regardless of paying N1.6 million as payment, their abductors would not discharge them and nothing more was gotten notification from them. The injured individual's telephones remained turned off.

"The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Zubairu Muazu point by point the Commander, Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) to complete a top to bottom examination concerning the issue with the end goal of safeguarding the people in question and capturing the suspects. Agents from SARS Ipakodo base, driven by SP Godfrey Soriwei captured three suspects: Oluwatosin Olanrewaju 40-years of age, Mayowa Olawuni (a.k.a General ) and Babatunde Idris (a.k.a Aloma). The suspects admitted to the commission of the wrongdoing and drove agents to their lair in Ikorodu where they dumped the bodies in a septic tank.

"Two privately made single barrel weapons with five live cartridges, one privately made firearm with three ammo, one privately made gun with three live ammo, one cutlass, one hatchet, and a few charms were recouped from them.

"Examination uncovered that the suspects had at different occasions utilized the surrendered organization as their cave, where every one of their objectives were slaughtered and dumped in the cynic tank. As a feature of the examination, four decayed bodies were recuperated from the septic tank for post-mortem.

"The suspects admitted to have murdered the other two adversary faction individuals and dumped them in the septic tank before executing the two department de change administrators. They are as of now helping the police in the capture of the other escaping individuals from the pack. "Examination is progressing, suspects will be charged to court when examination is finished."