The Osun State Police Command have intercepted a vehicle carrying the body of a suspected COVID-19 patient.

The vehicle reportedly left Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State and was intercepted around 6:30 pm on Sunday at the Odo-Oba boundary on Ibadan/Iwo road by operatives enforcing the lockdown order in Osun.

A source said the team suspected the body to have died of COVID-19 in Oyo State.

It was gathered a Mazda 323 car, ash colour, registered as KFS 409 EH, was used to convey the body, was driven by Ismaila Ademola.

The body was identified as Yusuf Ishola, and the car belongs to a Mrs Texaco.

A source said security operatives and some officials escorted the vehicle and body back to the Divisional Police Officer, Adebayo Michael, at Iyana Offa in Oyo State.

Osun State’s Police Public Relations Officer Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident and said Commissioner of Police Johnson Kokumo had directed closer monitoring of boundary towns.