out on the late Prof. Festus Iyayi
to determine his cause of death
has shown no evidence of
bullets.
A source familiar with autopsy
informed SaharaReporters that
though there were holes in Iyayi’s
body, they could not trace the
piercings to any bullet, adding that
medical examiners recovered no
pellets from the late Professor’s
body.
The autopsy was carried out by a
team of expert pathologists,
witnesses from ASUU, medical
doctors at the University of Benin
Teaching Hospital and the Nigerian
government and it was unanimously
determined that Mr. Iyayi was not
shot.
The autopsy was reportedly done
about a week before the
commencement of Mr. Iyayi’s
funeral and the official report of the
autopsy is still being put together.
However, members of the late
Professor Iyayi’s family and activists
close to him said they are yet to be
informed of the final results of the
autopsy.
According to his son, Omole, the
family had not received any official
autopsy reports from doctors in
Benin. He said they were therefore
surprised at the conclusions.
The late professor’s funeral ended
yesterday with a “thanksgiving Mass
at Saint Mathew’s Catholic Church in
Ugbegun, Edo State while his
remains were buried in the same
town on Saturday.
Source: Sahara Reporters
