UNILAG Students Arrested for Attempting to Exhume a Corpse and Resurrect Dead Colleague

Four students of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, have landed themselves in hot soup after attempting to resurrect the corpse of a 300-level student of Microbiology, Eniola Jacob.

The late Eniola Jacob

 

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for attempting to exhume a corpse and resurrect a 300-level student of Microbiology, Eniola Jacob who allegedly committed suicide by drinking an insecticide, Sniper, last Saturday on the campus and died on Sunday after been rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.

 

The police spokesperson said during Jacob’s burial, the four students suddenly emerged and asked that the corpse be exhumed.

 

It was gathered that the students who attempted to resurrect his corpse were leaders of the Cherubim and Seraphim Students Fellowship on the campus which Jacob was said to have been a strong member before his death.

 

According to reports, the parents of the dead student, who were not comfortable with the students’ antics, invited policemen from the Ifo Police Division who arrested the undergraduates which includes; Inerima Alaniye (a 400-level student of Mathematics); Awe Raphael (a 500-level student of Law); Adeboye Adeshola (a 200-level student of Political Science); and Arawomo Stephen.

 

Muyiwa Adejobi, the Police Public Relations Officer, said the students’ behaviour and actions at Jacob’s grave were suspicious, adding that they had been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Eleweran.

 

"They were arrested at the graveside. They were arrested because their actions were suspicious. They insisted on exhuming the corpse that had been buried. They said they wanted to resurrect it. It came to us as a surprise that in this modern age, some group of young boys would come out and say they want to resurrect a dead man.

"We felt it was a strange development. If they were not cultists they would not make such a demand. We thought they were looking for parts of the deceased to tamper with and we took them to Eleweran for further investigations."