According to videos and images seen by Flagnews, the family were seen making the claim when they visited the school on Wednesday to demand justice for their late son.
The family of a male student of the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo town in Oyo State, who died after being tortured by his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone, has accused the management of holding his corpse in a non-functioning mortuary.
According to videos and images seen by Flagnews, the family were seen making the claim when they visited the school on Wednesday to demand justice for their late son.
They said the deceased was kept in a facility that did not preserve it because the school was trying to avoid carrying out an autopsy.
“That is my sister’s son. They carried him go mortuary wey no dey work. So that they would not fit do autopsy. They say nah cane they used flog ham. All his head tore,” one of the family members was heard saying in the video in Pidgin English.
When contacted, the school spokesperson, Femi Atoyebi, told Flagnews that the corpse had been handed over to the police since the day of the incident.
He said, “The body has become an exhibit and it is within the power of the police pending the time of investigation. The school did not have power over the management of the corpse.
“It is true that his family came with the police on Wednesday. They took the corpse away. But before yesterday, we handed over the corpse and the matter to the police for their investigation.”
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