{
  "id": 16981616,
  "title": "Family petitions IGP over engineer’s missing corpse in Anambra hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/family-petitions-igp-over-engineers-missing-corpse-in-anambra-hospital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T00:32:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/family-petitions-igp-over-engineers-missing-corpse-in-anambra-hospital/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chukwunweike Okammelu, an engineer, has had his corpse go missing from the mortuary at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Anambra State. The family has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for a more thorough investigation. The family's lawyer, Joseph Offor, wrote a letter to the IGP along with a copy sent to the Deputy IGP of the Force Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja. The family had already reported the disappearance to the police and were unhappy with how the hospital authorities managed the situation. Offor stated that the matter was forwarded to the IGP, who then assigned the Intelligence Response Team to probe the incident. Despite the investigation being finished and a report issued, Offor claims there are gaps in the findings, such as omissions, inconsistencies, and weak points that cast doubt on its thoroughness and trustworthiness.",
  "summary": "The family of an engineer whose corpse allegedly went missing from a hospital in Awka, Anambra State, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police. Read More: https://punchng.com/family-petitions-igp-over-engineers-missing-corpse-in-anambra-hospital/",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}