The corpse was sighted in infront of a new generation bank located at Ayama junction along Olu-Obasanjo road Port Harcourt.
Eyewitnesses who saw the corpse disclosed that his stomach was ripped open and intestine removed .
Rivers State Police Command, which confirmed the development, said a preliminary investigation showed the victim was notorious and may have been lynched.
It was learnt that the vital organs of the male victim, especially the private part, had been removed, sparking suspicions that he had been killed for ritual purposes.
The corpse was abandoned in front of a new-generation bank on Ayama Junction along Olu-Obasanjo road Port Harcourt.
A source, who owns a shop at Ikuku, identified simply as Emeka, disclosed that the stomach of the late man was ripped open and his intestine allegedly removed.
Emeka said that the identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained even as onlookers gathered.
However, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, noted that the victim was known in the area for notorious activities.
Iringe-Koko dismissed the report of the harvest of vital organs, stressing that all the victim’s vital organs were intact.
She said: “On November 9, 2024, at about 1030hrs, the Rivers State Police Command received a report of an unidentified corpse lying near Ayama Junction/Ikokwu Spare Parts Market, along Olu-Obasanjo Road, Port Harcourt.”