Adelani Adepegba, AbujaThe Federal Government has expressed dismay over Italy’s hasty burial of the 26 Nigerian girls who were found dead on the Mediterranean Sea. The bodies of the girls were found on a sinking vessel on the Mediterranean about two weeks ago and there were reports that they might have been sexually abused before they were murdered. But the Italian authorities, she said, went ahead with the burial last Friday, without informing the Nigerian government, adding that the NAPTIP director was currently in Italy to engage with the Italian authorities ahead of the scheduled burial date. Why the rush to bury the bodies without carrying out a post-mortem to determine the causes of death?” she queried. She noted that another issue of concern was that the victims’ families might have wanted them buried in their countries of origin.

Source: Punch November 21, 2017 00:22 UTC