Operatives at the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos, have begun investigation into the discovery of the decomposing body of a two-year-old child in a church premises in Egbeda area of Lagos.
The pastor (names withheld) has been arrested over the alleged murder of the child.
Although details of investigation are still, it was gathered that the pastor was allegedly caught burying the dead child in a shallow grave within the church premises.
It is alleged that the said pastor was caught digging the grave by a neighbour, who had gone out to relieve himself at 2a.m. at the weekend.
The neighbour, whose identity was not disclosed, was said to have alerted other residents who then reported their findings to policemen at Idimu Division, consequent upon which a team was drafted to the church.
The policemen dug the shallow grave where they discovered and exhumed the body of a baby girl.
The body was taken to a mortuary.
Command's Deputy Spokesman, Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the arrest.
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