Police hunt killers of jogger in Lagos

Detectives at the State Department of
Criminal Investigation, Lagos State, are on
the trail of killers of a jogger who was
murdered in the Morogbo, Badagry area of
Lagos State.
According to punch it was learnt that the yet-to-be-
identified victim was stabbed in the stomach
and jaw.
His corpse was said to have been abandoned
in a bush near Igborosun village.
Our correspondent learnt that a 50-year-old
pastor, Stephen Hensu, alerted policemen
from the Morogbo division to the incident.
Hensu heads the Celestial Church of Christ,
Okiki Imole branch, Badagry.
The cleric, in his statement to the police, said
he was at a church meeting when his wife
called him on the telephone and told him that
a corpse had been dumped in their area.
He said, “On the day of the incident, February
26, 2015 around 9am, I left my church for a
meeting of the shepherds at Araromi.
“While I was there, I received a phone call
from my wife informing me that some people
coming from Igborosun village saw a corpse
in a bush in our area.”
He said around 11am, he left the meeting for
the police station to inform the police.
Hensu, a Badagry, Lagos State indigene, said
he did not know how the victim was killed,
adding that the corpse was not there when he
passed the area in the morning.
It was learnt that the police spoke with
people living around the area in a bid to find
the relatives of the victim.
Their efforts were said to be abortive.
A police source told our correspondent that
initial investigation suggested that the
deceased was killed by people known to him.
The source said, “Looking at the corpse
shows that the man was a sportsman and he
was out jogging that morning when he was
attacked and killed.
“He was killed and his corpse dumped in the
bush.
“He had deep cuts in his jaw and stomach.
Nobody knows his name and none of his
family members has come forward to identify
him, which will help us in investigations.”
It was learnt that the remains of the victim
had been deposited in a mortuary in Badagry.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth
Nwosu, had yet to reply to a text message
sent to him as of press time.