A decomposing body has been shockingly discovered inside the public
drainage along Marian Boulevard, after the Jonathan Goodluck Bypass,
Calabar. According to Odok Duke, who shared these photos, he had to call in the police after discovering the corpse which had been mummified by the weather…
Calabar. According to Odok Duke, who shared these photos, he had to call in the police after discovering the corpse which had been mummified by the weather…
Read what he shared below;
On 17/12/2016, I discovered a decomposing body inside the public
drainage along Marian Boulevard, after the Jonathan Goodluck Bypass,
Calabar. The location is (after the overhead bridge) the point by the
stream, where the Police has a permanent checkpoint.
The weather had mummified the body and the greenery had also
assisted odoriferously. So, the eight Policemen carried on, totally
oblivious of a victim of murder, eternally entombed in the gutter
nearby.
I called their attention to the corpse and also put a call across
to Mr JoeMary Ekeng Ita of CUDA. He initially expressed mixed feelings
about the removal of the body and the fact that he did not have a
functional vehicle and being a weekend, he was cash-trapped and unable
to hire a vehicle for the assignment. He suggested that I should call
the Commissioner for Environment, but his phone was unavailable.
The Policemen and I remained there, while I made alternative plans
to remove the body. But to our pleasant surprise, a gentleman called
John,who is the head of the Health Unit of CUDA, came over to meet us
and examine the situation – obviously on the directive of JoeMary.
John and JoeMary, took over our sentry duties, earlier that we had
expected. As I departed from Ikot Effanga, my conviction that there were
still dedicated public officials abound – was further consolidated.
My heart goes out to the dead man: he may have been a father,
uncle, brother, guardian or nephew to some people, somewhere when he was
alive. How he died may never be known and his killers may never be
found. His hopes and dreams, will never be realised. But, he craves for
and deserves a dignified repose, methinks. The gutter,definitely, could
not have been the final resting place that our society would in or
humanity accept or wish for him.
To the likes of JoeMary and John (of CUDA) and the rest of us who
still believe that the system can be tweaked to be better – more grease
and Godspeed. Patience and perseverance are what I wish for us. Selah.
Orok Otu Duke
Duke Town
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