Unknown assailants have stabbed and killed a man who was reportedly on his early morning jogging routine around the Morogbo, Badagry area of Lagos State.
The decomposing remains of the yet-to-be identified victim was subsequently dumped in a bush near Igborosun village of the same area.
It was gathered that there were visibly deep cuts possibly suggesting that the deceased was stabbed on the stomach and jaw respectively.
The attention of the police officials in the area was called to the scene by Stephen Hensu, a 50-year-old pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ, Okiki Imole branch, Badagry.
The cleric, in his statement to the police, according to Punch, 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.”
The police made a futile attempt to locate the relatives of the deceased.
Meanwhile, a preliminary investigation suggested that the deceased was killed by people known to him.
The police source who made this disclosure 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 further learnt that the remains of the victim had been deposited in a mortuary in Badagry while the police operatives are on the trail to apprehend the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
