Queen Nwabueze
The Ondo State Police Command, has confirmed Gbenga Olofinmoyegun the Director in the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), who was declared missing on Thursday has been found headless.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami told newsmen in Akure on Sunday, that the mutilated corpse of the director was found on Saturday in Akure.
The SP said: “All our efforts to trace him since Thursday were fruitless until his decomposing body was found in Saint Theresa’s Primary School beside Saint Peter’s Unity School in Akure.
The state police image maker, Funmi Odunlami, who confirmed the development, said she was not sure about the identity of the decomposing body.
Odunlami said that “Yesterday afternoon somebody called to inform us that a decomposing corpse was found at Saint Theresa, close to St. Peter in Akure.”
“When the police got there to remove the corpse some people came around and identified him as the director we have been searching for in the past three days.
Commenting on how they finally knew the body was that of the missing director’s, SP Odunlami, said the deceased was identified by some people through the suit he wore before he went missing.
A family friend said “the victim was still in the suits and tie he wore to the office when his decomposing body was found.
A source told newsmen that “his head has been chopped off and taken away; while his stomach was ripped open by his assailants.
His family and friends had reportedly suspected that he was abducted and were waiting for the abductors to demand a ransom payment.
“Investigation has started, his phone was left behind and some other things too. So, we are going to work with what we have to know if he had issues with anybody,” Odunlami added.
