An abandoned dead body has been found along Alagba Road in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos.

The unidentified body was found covered on Monday, with legs and arms plastered.

A passer-by, who simply identified as Yinka, told FIJ that he saw the body around 1 pm on his way to work.

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According to commuters and passers-by in the area, the body has been there for over 24 hours.

“They just covered the body recently. I saw it yesterday around 3 pm. So, I checked and saw plaster on the arm, and a bit of the head, but I did not see the face,” Yinka told FIJ. “The traffic wardens were just doing their job; nobody cared.”

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When contacted, Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyitolu, the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), promised to look into the matter.