The Government of Edo State has begun plans for a mass burial for the corpses which were recently discovered at an alleged illegal mortuary located off Ekehuan Road in Benin City, as well as those at the former mortuary at the defunct Asuen Hospital, First East Circular Road, Benin City.
In a statement on Thursday which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, appealed to members of the public who have corpses at these locations to show up and provide the required evidence to claim such corpse(s) for burial.
‘The general public is hereby notified that the corpses which were found at an illegal mortuary located off Ekehuan Road in Benin City have been scheduled for mass burial. Similarly, corpses at the former mortuary at the defunct Asuen Hospital, First East Circular Road, Benin City, have been scheduled for mass burial,’ she said.
‘Members of the public who may have corpses at these locations are hereby invited to provide the required evidence to claim such corpse(s) for burial.’
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The Commissioner added, ‘The Government of Edo State is hereby giving a moratorium of 21 days beginning from the date of publication of this announcement for the corpses to be duly claimed for burial.
‘For further clarification, please contact the Director of Regulation and Monitoring at the Ministry of Health – 3rd Floor, Block D, New Secretariat Building, Sapele Road, Benin City.’
Earlier, the state government directed all private hospital owners who run mortuaries, owners, and operators of standalone mortuaries, as well as owners and operators of embalmment homes in various parts of the state to present their registration documents to the Edo State Ministry of Health before the closing of business on Friday, September 30, 2022.