“Investigation is ongoing but regarding the alleged missing heart of the deceased, nothing of such happened,” Hundeyin said.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State Police Command has said reports claiming that the slain female baker Tina Ileogben’s heart was missing were false.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday.
Hundeyin said that officials of the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit had evacuated the remains of the deceased to the Mainland General Hospital, Yaba for autopsy.
He said a man identified as Akeem, a co-worker of the deceased, and her landlord reported the case at the Dopemu Police Division on Wednesday.
The report was made after they discovered her dead body at her residence on Olowo Street, Alhaja Shifiwa area of Dopemu, Agege in Lagos.
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He said the co-worker reported that the deceased was absent from work and a senior member of staff instructed him to check on her since she lived close to the company.
“On getting there, Akeem met her room open, entered the room with two neighbours of the deceased, and discovered her lifeless naked body in a pool of blood with her neck slit.
“Investigation is ongoing but regarding the alleged missing heart of the deceased, nothing of such happened,” Hundeyin said.
The deceased’s elder sister, identified as Justina, told reporters that Ileogben was allegedly raped before she was killed.
Justina, who demanded justice, urged the police to track down the suspect(s) responsible for her sister’s death.