Over 40 Dead Bodies found floating in Anambra River!

                 

Nigeria: Residents of Amansea Community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State woke up Saturday January 19th, to find about 40 dead bodies, floating in the Anambra River. People from the community and some neighbouring ones besieged the Ezu river yesterday to catch a glimpse of the dead bodies. The river is at the boundary between Enugu and Anambra states and the dead bodies were found at the old Enugu-Onitsha road axis of the river. 

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The river has its source at Agba Ogwudu, Enugu State, a boundary town between Enugu and Anambra States. The bodies are decomposing already and the stench emanating from them envelopes the neighbourhood. No one could say how they bodies got there, who killed them or identify any of them.

                       

The corpses whose identities were unknown, were suspected to have been dumped in the river Friday night by unknown persons. 

                       

Members of the communities said the bodies were first noticed by fishermen and sand excavators at the Amansea section of the river as some of the bodies were trapped at the river bank.

                       

                         

                      


The traditional ruler of Amansea said the community had never witnessed such a gory sight before, while the Commissioner of Police in the state said the dead bodies remained a mystery as there had been no communal clash in Enugu or Anambra where many people were killed. He said investigations are ongoing.

                            


Anambra State Commissioner for Local Government, Mrs. Azuka Enemuoh, yesterday confirmed that 40 dead bodies were sighted inside Ezu River in the state. But residents of nearby communities said the corpses were above 50.