Tragedy Struck in the Bariga area of Lagos State last week when the decomposing corpse of an estate agent, simply identified as Adegboyega, was discovered by his wife and neighbours in his office.
According to a resident, Adegboyega’s wife had shown up at her spouse’s office on Odugbuwa Street, Bariga, because he had not come home.
The worried wife had told residents on Odugbuwa Street that her husband failed to show up at his Mowe home as was his practice every weekend.
Adegboeyga was used to passing the night at his office from Monday to Thursday and returned home every Friday for the weekend due to nature of his work. His phone number was also said to have been unavailable throughout the weekend.
When Adegboyega’s wife and neighbours reportedly knocked on the doors of his office, they smelled an offensive odour emanating from the locked doors.
Afraid that the odour could portend something sinister, Adegboyega’s neighours advised the wife to lodge a complaint at the Bariga Police Division.
It was gathered that Adegboyega’s wife returned a few hours later with some policemen, who then broke into the office to discover Adegboyega’s already rotten corpse, covered with a cloth. The door to his office was said to have been locked from outside, making residents to allege murder.
A neighbour craving anonymity said, “The last time we saw Adegboyega was two weeks ago, when he was rejoicing that he had been selected as the next councilor for ward B in the next local government election. Nobody can say for sure what must have transpired the Friday of his death because we cannot recall seeing anything suspicious. We suspect foul play though because the door of his office was locked from the outside; someone must have done that.”
The policemen were said to be unable to evacuate it immediately due to the state of the corpse. They were said to have called on some health workers to take the decomposing remains to the mortuary.
There was no response from the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide as calls to her phone rang out and there was no reply to a text message sent to it.
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