Residents of Arepo area of Ogun State on Wednesday alleged that operatives of the Nigerian Navy executed three members of their community.
The victims were identified as Biodun Mohammed, Chicago and Body.
They were arrested on Sunday at a beer parlour and on Wednesday their bodies were discovered.
The men were alleged to have been taken into a bush and executed at Voera Estate.
After a close examination of the decomposing corpses, it was clear two of the deceased were taken across a wooden bridge into the creek where they were shot dead.
The third body was discovered inside another section of the bush.
Policemen from the Ibafo Police Station condoned off the area.
The widow of 24-year-old Mohammed, Motunrayo, said she had confronted the military officers when they took her husband away on Sunday.
Motunrayo said the naval men were seven in number.
According to her, she can identify two among them called Jason and Ola.
When she asked for Mohamed’s offence, the men threatened her with a gun.
She said: “I went to report at the soldiers’ base in Ebute and they said they were not holding my husband.
“But this morning, some landlords in Voera Estate, where he was killed, came to tell me they had found his corpse in the bush.”
Mohammed’s mother, Safura, said her son was killed in cold blood.
She demanded for justice.
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