The body of an old woman who used to live around the market was found exhumed in Bakau cemetery three days after its burial.

Health inspectors and Police were present at the scene for inspection and the body was subsequently ordered for its reinterment. Although some natives of Bakau suspected that a “ritual” might have been performed on the body, the health inspector however confirmed that the body was intact.

“They did not touch or remove any part of the body, according to what I was told. They only exhumed it and left it there,” the councilor for Bakau said while urging people to be more vigilant and stay put.

No arrest has been effected as far as the exhumation is concerned, but rumors indicated that a man was seen and scared away from the cemetery in the early hours of the day the incident occurred.

 

By: Fatoumatta Samateh