Missing corpse: OOUTH security men batter two journalists in Ogun

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A top reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority,Abeokuta, Ogun State, Yemi Dalemo and a cameraman, were on Friday, beaten up by some security guards attached to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu.

The  journalists were at the facility for a follow-up report on a corpse of a lady which reportedly disappeared at the facility.

It was reported that the family of the deceased had arrived at the hospital penultimate Friday to pick up the corpse at the mortuary for preparation for burial only to discover it had missed, the development which confounded the family members.

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Her corpse was said to have been deposited in that mortuary over four months ago.

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The relatives went from Ijebu-Ode axis to Sagamu with an ambulance and undertakers to retrieve the female corpse, only to find out that the remains were missing.

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Speaking on the unwholesome development, The Chief Medical Director , Dr. Oluwabunmi Fatungase, in a statement, blamed the incident on “mix-up of  corpses” in the hospital, with a firm reassurance that investigation was in progress to unravel the mystery and retrieve the missing corpse.

In order to unravel the mystery, the NTA journalists had on Friday visited the OOUTH for a follow-up report, but they were allegedly attacked by the overzealous security men at the facility.

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“The Two broadcast journalists who went to investigate the missing corpse at OOUTH Sagamu was giving the beaten of their lives when five security operatives from the hospital descended on them outside the hospital premises,” an eyewitness said on Friday night.

It  was gathered that the journalists had earlier reported at the Chief Medical Director and office of the most senior medical officials office, to notify them of their presence of the  team at the hospital.

However, sources hinted that none of the senior officials was ready to speak to the NTA crew on the missing corpse.

The journalists were able to take shots of the activities within the hospital in order to file a situation report.

The NTA crew was said to have recorded some establishment shots on both sides of the road leading from Isale Oko into the Sagamu community.

“Trouble started when a security attached to the Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology Department of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching  hospital Sagamu met the journalists shortly after they did a piece-to-cam,  asking them to identify themselves which they did but later went to report to the hospital management,” a reliable source said.

Eye witnesses said the security guards later emerged and pounced on the journalists who were on their legitimate duty.

“During the incident,their equipment were damaged and seized by the security men who overpowered them while they also sustained injuries,” it was gathered.

Findings revealed that it took the intervention of passers-by who were returning from Jumat Service before they could be rescued from the severe beaten they got.

Angered by the ugly development, the General Manager of the NTA, Abeokuta station, Mrs Funmi Wakama, was said to have contacted  the Police Authorities in Ogun State who later came to rescue the reporters and invited the security personnel to their station along Aiyepe Road.

It was gathered that  the journalists were also made to write statements and filled a bail bond before they were allowed to leave the station.

“The police also got the statement of the accused security personnel of the hospital and released them on self recognition,” our source said.

 

 

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