Anambra residents discover corpse dumped in abandoned tricycle

<p>Some suspected members of a cult gang have killed a yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man and dumped his corpse inside a partially destroyed tricycle near the back gate of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, Anambra State capital.</p>, <p>PUNCH Metro gathered on Thursday that the incident happened on Wednesday as the corpse caused panic in the community as residents and passers-by avoided the scene for fear of reprisal from rival cult gangs.</p>, <p>“His killers dumped the corpse a few hours ago. I just passed the scene after I parked my car where I have come to visit a sick relative at the hospital. The tricycle and the corpse were not there when I parked my car,” an eyewitness told our correspondent.</p>, <p>Another eyewitness said he saw when some people parked the tricycle at the scene.</p>, <p>“We saw when some people parking the tricycle at the scene and alighting. We thought they would return to pick up the tricycle.</p>, <p>“We did not know there was still another person inside the tricycle when others alighted; we only discovered a corpse inside the tricycle when people gathered around the scene shortly after,” the source said.</p>, <p>When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the development, adding that the corpse has been removed and deposited at a morgue.</p>, <p>“The body has been recovered and deposited at a morgue. The investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances behind the development,” Ikenga added.</p>