Corpse Of 2-year-Old Child Found In Lagos Church, Pastor Arrested For Murder

According to reports, Operatives at the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos is currently looking the discovery of the decomposing body of a two-year-old child in a church premises in Egbeda area of Lagos.

The pastor of the said church has currently been arrested for the murder of the child. It was gathered that the pastor was caught burying the dead child in a shallow grave within the church premises.

Reports also have it that the pastor was allegedly caught by a neighbour who had gone out to ease himself at 2a.m., weekend, digging the grave. The neighbour, whose identity was not disclosed, was said to have alerted other residents.
They were said to have reported their findings to policemen at Idimu Division, consequent upon which a team was drafted to the church.
The policemen, as gathered, dug the shallow grave where they discovered and exhumed the body of a baby girl. The body was deposited at the mortuary.
Command's Deputy Spokesman, Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the arrest.