TRENDING : POLICE LOCATES FAMILY OF MAN WHOSE SKELETON WAS DISCOVERED FOUR YEARS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE.

By Mike ALADENIKA.

THE Police in Oyo State have announced that they have located and contactsd  the family members of the man whose skeleton was found in his house recently.

In a statement issued  by the police Oyo State command "family members of the deceased confirmed that the deceased’s name was Aderemi John Abiola and that he was last seen around 2018".

The statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Adewale Osifeso, said the discovery was a result of “solid partnership and provision of credible information to  the  Oyo  State  Police Command.”

Oyo Police Command said: “Anchoring on the strength of solid communal partnerships and provision of credible information to the Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday 04/09/2022 at about 1400hrs, representatives from the Landlord/ Landlady’s Association of Idi-Orogbo, Adeosun, Life Forte Area, Awotan, Apete, Ibadan reported a case of suspected sudden and unnatural death at Apete Divisional Police Headquarters. 

“In swift coordinated response to  the  information provided,  the Divisional Police Officer and a team of crime and forensic detectives approached  the  three-bedroom block residence of  the  deceased and found his remains glued to his beddings lying upward with no visible signs of struggle at a glance.

“Furthermore, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Adebowale Williams while appealing to well-meaning members of the public for assistance regarding the provision of useful information has also directed  the immediate transfer of the case to the Command’s apex investigation body, the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).

“In furtherance of the above, the scene has since been cordoned in the interest of public health and safety to enable the completion of  the  investigation aimed at demystifying  the possible cause of death.

It would be recalled that  Pandemonium  took a better part of Adeosun/Idi Orogbo Community in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State recently when the skeleton of one mr Mr John Aderemi Abiola, was discovered in his room, almost four years after he was last seen in December 2018. 

The discovery was made after the community decided, with the approval of the police authorities, to go into his compound to clear the bush in his compound which had overgrown his fence into the next house, causing invasion by reptiles.

Report says Mr John Aderemi Abiola who is said to be working and based in Port Harcourt but came back home for the Christmas with the expectation to return back to base after his holidays.

 He was reported to have  told about two of those he used to communicate with of his intention to go to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and be back for Ileya ceremony in 2018. As 2019 crept into 2020, the residents started wondering where the man could be as he was not seen for the festivity and thereafter made them to think he was staying back where he initially came from. 

All attempts to link up with him via calls were unsuccessful even as  his compound was overgrown with bush, thus  the community landlords were said to have decided in a meeting to find a means of getting access to the premises to clear the bush which they eventually jettisoned due to the position of the law.

The community, reports say, then decided to hire labourers to clear the bush. The house was constructed on the backside of the piece of land while the front side had a thick bush that could not be accessed.

As the labourers got there with some landlords and started the work, they first noticed Mr Abiola’s Volkswagen Golf car with registration number AKD 769 DC which had been covered by the bush before the clearing. 

As the building came in view, it was noticed that the window of Mr Abiola’s room was open, which prompted curiosity. 

One of the landlords, Mr Mohammed Ademola, who also worked for and used to interact with Mr Abiola, decided to check what was in the room. 

He was however shocked when he saw the skeleton on the bed of the house owner. Mr Ademola raised the alarm which made others to race to the window.

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