Dead Man Corpse Found In Stagnant Water Inside DBS Asaba

A dead man corpse was on Thursday reportedly found in a gutter within the premises of the Delta State Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba, the state capital.

The corpse believed to be that of a middle-aged man was floating in the pool of stagnant drainage water.

BIGPEN ONLINE as of time this report was filed couldn’t verify how the body got to the spot, but witness says the deceased may likely have been killed and dumped on the spot.

“The supposed murderers may have taken advantage of the porous security nature of the broadcast outfit as well as the open drains filled with stagnant water and other debris to dump the corpse there”.

Those who saw the corpse when the police evacuated it, say there were bruises on the dead body while his tongue stuck out, thus fueling speculations that he must have been murdered elsewhere and brought to the spot.

Some other eyewitness said that the corpse may have floated from another area within the vicinity into the yet to be covered drains within the broadcast station.

“The water here maybe stagnant but there is nothing inhibiting the flow of water from the connecting culvert across the road. So the corpse may have floated to the spot where it was discovered,” he said.

It was gathered that the corpse was discovered after a staff of the station raised the alarm about the presence of the bloated corpse which was lying face down in the pool of water.

Sources said that efforts to turn the corpse failed as the stick they were using broke apparently as a result of the weight of the dead body.

Our source disclosed that the development prompted the management of the station to swiftly called the attention of the police who acted immediately to evacuate the remains.

All efforts to get the state Commissioner of Police, Adeyinka Adeleke to comment on this report proved abortive but a top police officer confirmed evacuation of the corpse, saying further steps were being taking to unravel the cause of death.