On Wednesday, a gang of suspected hoodlums stormed the Osun State University Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, attempting to forcefully remove a corpse from the hospital’s morgue.
On many motorcycles, the hoodlums arrived at the facility and ordered that a body brought by them on Tuesday be released without documentation.
They became enraged, however, when the personnel they approached, whose name could not be determined right away, told them they would have to fill out some paperwork, it was learned.
Unless the corpse was released to them, the hoodlums, who openly displayed charms, threatened to cause havoc.
Many hospital employees, including those who had relationships with patients in the wards and others who had business on the premises at the time of the drama, were seen fleeing the area where the hoodlums had gathered to avoid being caught up in the chaos.
The hoodlums were forced out of the hospital by armed police officers who arrived later.
When asked for comment, Dr. Babatunde Afolabi, Chairman of the Hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee, simply stated, “The matter has been settled; the coroner has been appointed for the body.” As a result, the body has been taken away to be buried.”
