An individual discovered with the dead body of his friend’s child has been rescued by police officers from the iLembe-Hausa Division of the Lagos State Police Command.
The event occurred on Friday, when a guy who was accompanying a friend to go and bury his dead child was almost lynched when some neighbours noticed the corpse with him, according to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesman, who confirmed the story.
According to him, people in the area mistrusted him and thought he was a ritual killer who might have kidnapped and killed the child.
He said, “After questioning, he told the police that the youngster had been ill for some time and had just passed away in the hospital.
He claimed that he had been hired by the parents to assist in the burial of the child and that he was on his way to do so when he was confronted by some locals who believed he was carrying out evil plans.
The parents of the deceased child were invited to the station, where they corroborated his claims.
He added that the accused man and the child’s parents had been freed so that the burial could take place.