The Ondo State Police Command has begun investigations into the three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore, Odigbo Local Government.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olayinka Ayanlade, said efforts were ongoing to identify the culprits of the heinous crime.
Ayanlade explained that police operatives have been deployed to the community to apprehend the perpetrators. He said that the bodies have been evacuated by the police and deposited at Ore General Hospital morgue.
“I can confirm to you that three bodies were recovered at a river in Odigbo and immediately it was reported at the Ore police Division. The DPO moved a detective to the scene where the three headless bodies were recovered. Community leaders and other interest groups have been invited to identify the corpses but unfortunately the bodies are yet- to- be identified.
“It is believed that those bodies were brought there and dumped at that site by unknown assailants, but investigations are ongoing to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime and bring them to book,” Ayanlade said.
It was gathered that the headless bodies were discovered in the river by some residents and immediately reported the incident to the police.