There was shock and grief in the Adeosun/Idi Orogbo Community in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State recently when the corpse of one of the landlords in the community, Mr John Aderemi Abiola, was found in his room, almost four years after he was last seen in December 2018.
According to Nigerian Tribune, the man’s corpse was discovered when some elders in the community, having secured police approval, went into his compound to clear the bush therein which had overgrown his fence into the next house, causing invasion by reptiles.
Before this time, the residents of the community had started wondering where the man could be, with few of them believing he has decided to stay back at Port-Harcourt where he had visited in 2018.
But as calls to his phone lines weren’t going through, his fellow landlords decided in a meeting to find a means of getting access to his compound to clear the bush.
However, as labourers got there to clear the bushes with some landlords, 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’s owner. Mr Ademola raised the alarm which made others to race to the window.
They were all shocked and the news quickly spread. It was learnt that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Apete, SP Grace Akinsehinwa was promptly informed, which made her to send detectives to the scene for investigation and action.
On Wednesday, while Nigerian Tribune was at the scene to investigate the incident, police detectives, as well as officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Ministry of Environment arrived, probably with a plan to evacuate the remains.
However, it has been difficult getting the contacts of deceased’s family members as they were unknown to the community members.