Youths of Ndiolumbe in Isiala Ngwa South local government area of Abia State have reportedly burnt down a mortuary located in their community.
It was gathered the youths set ablaze the facility over speculations the owner of the mortuary engages in alleged harvest and sale of organs of corpses deposited at the morgue.
The mob burnt ambulances and destroyed the facility, popularly known as Prince O Mortuary, leaving dead bodies scattered at the premises.
The mortuary attendants were said to have fled the facility on sighting the irate youths.
Sources told theeconomyng.com that the Ndiolumbe community has been accusing the Prince O mortuary attendants of harvesting dead body parts and selling them to ritualists.
Following the destruction of the mortuary, relations of the dead bodies stormed the area to convey their dead to other mortuaries located in the community.
A mortuary owner in the area confirmed that over 50 corpses from the demolished Mortuary has been deposited at his mortuary by their relatives.
“The mortuary has always been accused of harvesting dead body parts and selling them to ritualists. There have been too many stories about Prince O mortuary. So, the youths of Ndiolumbe community decided to destroy the mortuary and burn the ambulances. It was an awful sight as corpses were scattered everywhere. Nobody could stand the odour oozing from the mortuary,” a resident of the community said.