There was palpable tension in an Osun State community after the corpse of a yet-to-be-identified man was found floating on a river.

WuzupNigeria reports that residents of Kelebe Community in Osogbo, the state capital, found the corpse floating on Omu river along Osogbo/Iragbiji road on Monday.

The residents were said to have later notified Ota Efun Police Division of the presence of the corpse in the river.

Policemen from the station, it was learnt, evacuated the corpse and deposited it in the morgue of Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital [LAUTECH], Osogbo.

A resident of Kelebe Community, Taiwo Aderibigbe, said the floating body was found on the river in the afternoon by passersby.

He said the development led to apprehension as many residents abandoned Osogbo/Iragbiji road until the body was evacuated.

When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer of Osun State Command, Yemisi Opalola, said the corpse had been evacuated.

She, however, said the identity of the corpse was not yet known.