Rivers Police Dismiss Lloyd’s Claims On Hospital Mortuary

The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed claims by the Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Dr Chidi Lloyd, that the abandoned mortuary at the General Hospital, Eleme-Alimini was being used by a syndicate as dumping ground for corpses of dead kidnap victims.
A statement signed by the state Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Grace Iringe-Koko, last Saturday, said that the allegations were a figment of the imagination of the LG chairman.
Iringe-Koko said that report of a preliminary investigation conducted by the police shows that the LG chairman was misinformed of the goings-on at the hospital.
The full statement reads, “The attention of the Rivers State Police Command has been drawn to a viral video of a mortuary purportedly being run by a kidnap syndicate for the preservation of victims who died in their custody.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that a mortuary actually exists in the premises of General Hospital Elele-Alimini, owned by the state government, which has however been abandoned and now moribund following which the staff were all laid off over ten years ago.
“However, some mortuary attendants decided to stay back to attend to the corpses that were in the morgue to avoid an epidemic outbreak.
“Mr. Okachi Wali met at the premises is a casual staff of the mortuary, who is still rendering his services.
“Suffice to say, the morgue is not being run by a kidnap syndicate as portrayed.
“The command, therefore, calls on the good people of the state to go about their lawful duties and report any suspicious development to the authorities”, the statement added.

By: Amadi Akujobi