Residents of Ugwuaji in Enugu State was gripped with shock yesterday following the discovery of dead bodies buried in shallow graves in a church construction site along the Enugu Port-Harcourt Express Road.
On Monday evening, shocking discovery of dead bodies buried in shallow graves along the Enugu Port-Harcourt Express Road resulted in wild outrage from the residents of Ugwuaji in Enugu state.
It was learnt that the corpses were buried inside the foundation of the building suspected to be a church under construction and totally covered with concrete as this revealtion has kept residents in tears.
It was gathered that construction of the building whose owner could not be immediately ascertained, commenced recently and was at the foundation level before the gory discovery was made on Monday.
According to unconfirmed sources, one of the workers at the site, who heard about the burial of the deceased inside the foundation before it was concretized, alerted security operatives about the evil act.
The Nigerian Policemen were said to have after receiving the tip-off, mobilized some labourers who dug the foundation open and discovered the corpses.
The discovery attracted several passers-by and motorists plying the road to the scene. They expressed shock at the discovery and called on security agents to do everything possible to fish out the perpetrators of the act, who they suspected could be ritualists.
According to some residents of the neighbourhood, the building which is believed to be a proposed place of worship, belonged to a ritualist who disguised to be a man of God.
Ebere Amaraizu, the State Police spokesman, who confirmed the report said the corpses were recovered from the site following a tip-off.
"On information, three decomposing bodies were discovered and full scale investigations have commenced with a view to unmasking circumstances surrounding the incident," he said.