The Jessy Best Hotel and Ugwudi Cottage Hospital mortuary services, all situated on the Owerri-Aba Road in the Ngor Okpala local government area have been demolished.
The demolition of the two expensive houses, a bungalow and duplex with large compounds and a smaller apartment in Ngor Community in the Council area was carried out by the Imo State Government, in conjunction with the State Police Command.
Before the demolition, unclaimed corpses were evacuated from the mortuary to another body preservation centre before the demolition.
The demolished structures which was said to be a shrine and fetish articles were discovered and burnt by the enforcement teams.
Speaking to journalists at the scene before the commencement of the demolition exercise, the State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, disclosed that the order to demolish the properties was issued by the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma.
Danjuma stated that the demolished mortuary was suspected to be a spot for organ harvesting activities as most of the bodies were mutilated.
“Credible intelligence gathered revealed that the properties were haven for alleged criminal infractions.
“The owner of the properties, Stanley Oparaugo, popularly known as Morocco, has been declared wanted following his refusal to honour several police invitations.
“The suspect can only run but can’t hide for too long as the long arm of the law would catch up with him,” the Police Chief said.
The CP reiterated that under his watch, users of the Owerri-Aba Expressway would continue to witness safe trips, and urged members of the public to provide his Command with useful information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the fleeing suspect.
In the same vein, Commissioner for Health in the State, Chioma Egu, said that the essence of the demolition of the mortuary as directed by the Governor was to prevent further health and security crises in the State.
“Apart from the fact that the facility was not registered and licensed to operate, the discoveries made by her ministry showed that most vital organs from the deposited corpses were missing,” Egu said.
She revealed that, her ministry would commission a taskforce team that would clamp down on preservative centres that do not meet up with the standard requirements of operation.
On her part, the Chairman of the Local Council, Chika Ibekwe, said that the people of the area were grateful to the State Governor for being courageous in fighting insecurity in the LGA.
She pledged that the LGA would continue to be a safe environment for residents and visitors.
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