Pandemonium At Osun Hospital As Hoodlums Snatch Corpses

There was a pandemonium Wednesday at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo as suspected hoodlums besieged the hospital to forcefully take possession of the corpses of their colleagues who were reportedly killed on Tuesday during a fracas.

According to eye witness accounts, the  hoodlumsarrived the hospital around 9:00 am on Wednesday and threatened to cause trouble if the corpses were not released to them, throwing the management, staff and patients into confusion.

It was gathered that all efforts by the hospital to persuade the hoodlums to follow due process by involving security agencies before the release of the corpses hit the brick wall as they insisted neither to pay nor wait for a police clearance.

On Tuesday, two persons died and another sustained injuries during a fight which broke out between two rival groups at Balogun Agoro Street, Osogbo.

The residence of the Field Commandant of Amotekun Corps in the state, Amitolu Shittu was vandalised in the process.

The aggrieved persons alleged that the Amotekun corps chased and shot at them while the corps claimed that the thugs were responsible for the killings during the fracas.

Meanwhile, the hospital management on Wednesday shut its gates for a few minutes to prevent breakdown of law and order in the hospital as the angry hoodlums were adamant on taking the corpses without payment or security agency’s authorisation.

However, normalcy returned to the hospital and its environs following the deployment of armed security agents to the area for maintenance of peace and order.

Reacting to the incident, the Field Commander of the Amotekun corps in Osun, Amitolu Shittu said he received information that some hoodlums invaded the hospital.

Confirming the incident, the chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Babatunde Afolabi said the matter had been rested.

He added that a coroner's inquest had been carried out on the corpse so it can be retrieved for burial.