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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ondo State Police Command has begun investigations into the three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n

The command\u2019s spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident, said that efforts were ongoing to identify the culprits of the heinous crime.<\/p>\n

Ayanlade explained that operatives have been deployed to the community to apprehend the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

According to him, the corpses have been evacuated by the police and deposited at the Ore General Hospital morgue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can confirm to you that three bodies were recovered at a river in Odigbo and immediately it was reported at the Ore Division.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DPO moved a detective to the scene where the three headless bodies were recovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity leaders and other interest groups have been invited to identify the corpses but unfortunately the bodies are yet to be identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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,\u201d Ayanlade said.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that the headless bodies were discovered in the river by some residents, who immediately reported the incident to the police.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Ondo State Police Command has begun investigations into the three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The command\u2019s spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident, said that efforts were ongoing to identify the culprits of the heinous crime. 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