The police command in Ondo State has begun investigations into the three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident on Thursday in Ore, said that efforts were ongoing to identify the culprits of the crime.

Mr Ayanlade explained that operatives had been deployed to the community to apprehend the perpetrators.

He said that the corpses had been evacuated by the police and deposited at the Ore General Hospital morgue.

Mr Ayanlade said, “I can confirm to you that three bodies were recovered at a river in Odigbo and immediately it was reported at the Ore Division. The DPO moved a detective to the scene where the three headless bodies were recovered. Community leaders and other interest groups have been invited to identify the corpses but unfortunately the bodies are yet to be identified. It is believed that the bodies were brought there and dumped at that site by unknown assailants but investigations are ongoing to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime and bring them to book.’’

It was gathered that the headless bodies were discovered in the river by some residents and immediately reported the incident to the police.

(NAN)