Yesterday, the bodies, which were buried inside the foundation of the building suspected to be a church still under construction, were discovered in the Ugwuaji area of the state. It was gathered that construction of the building commenced recently and the foundation had been laid, with the bodies totally covered with concrete.
Unconfirmed sources said one of the workers at the site, who heard about the burial of the deceased inside the foundation before it was concretized, alerted security operatives about it. After receiving the tip-off, the police mobilised some labourers who dug the foundation open and discovered the corpses inside it.
Passersby's expressed shock at the discovery and called on security agents to do everything possible to fish out the perpetrators of the act, who they suspected could be ritualists. Some residents alleged that the building believed to be a proposed place of worship, belonged to a ritualist who disguised himself as a man of God.
Enugu State Police Command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Three decomposing bodies were discovered and full scale investigations have commenced with a view to unmasking circumstances surrounding the incident."
Fear has now gripped Ugwuaji residents as security operatives have swung into action to crackdown on the ritualist and his cohorts who killed and buried the deceased persons. Most local people, however, support the drive to fish out the perpetuators and bring them to book, describing their actions as inhuman and wicked.
One local resident added: "This is wickedness of the highest order. Accusing fingers are being pointed at a particular new church along that road, I don’t know who did this but I must say that the wicked will never go unpunished."
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