Edo State Police Command has detained a mortician (names withheld) for allegedly harvesting organs of a corpse deposited at the Aigbe mortuary along Akugbe Street in Ikpoba-Okha local government area.
The mortuary was vandalised when a family raised the alarm that certain organs were missing from the corpse of their late father.
It was gathered that the corpse was already taken away by the family for burial and it was during lying in-state that the missing organs were discovered.
Family sources said stomach of the corpse was found filled with cellophane after the internal organs have been removed.
According to the source, “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.“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.
