Fears of illness outbreak have gripped residents of Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, following the invention of the decomposing physique of a middle-aged man beside a preferred submitting station within the metropolis.
The decomposing physique was discovered on Saturday 2nd March, 2024 between the highway connecting the filling station and the Spera-in-deo Plaza and has not been evacuated on the time of submitting this report.
The event has compelled the submitting station, over 50 retailers within the Spera-in-deo plaza and different plazas throughout the space to close down as a result of stench from the decomposing physique whereas highway customers have fully prevented the highway.
On Monday, 4th March, some authorities officers have been contacted by store homeowners within the space over the scenario however the physique was not evacuated.
One of many store homeowners in Spera-in-deo Plaza, who merely recognized herself as Blessing, instructed reporter that she has misplaced many purchasers on account of the decomposing physique.
“Since few days now, I’ve not been staying in my store due to this decomposing physique, I’ve misplaced some huge cash as a result of I can’t do my enterprise on account of the stench.
“I’ve gone to safety businesses and a few ministries within the state and reported the scenario to them however up until at this time night, the corpse remains to be mendacity there”, she said.
One other enterprise operator throughout the axis stated some individuals got here and picked up the sum of N2,000 from every of the store homeowners for evacuation of the physique.
“We paid the sum of N2,000 for evacuation of the corpse. Some officers of the Ministry of Atmosphere got here on Tuesday afternoon to evacuate the corpse however they’ve been there since 1:00 pm,” he said.
As at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, the decomposing physique is but to be evacuated.
