The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the demise of 1 Sunday Abidoye aged 51, whose lifeless physique was found in a room at Creestar Lodge , GRA, Sagamu on Wednesday.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a press release despatched to journalists on Thursday.
Odutola defined that the Chief Safety Officer of the lodge, one Mr Oluwole, reported the incident relating to the invention of a deceased buyer to the police .
She stated that on receiving the report, a crew of detectives visited the scene and on arrival, they discovered the physique of the deceased already positioned inside a automotive outdoors the lodge, being ready to be taken to the morgue by his household.
Odutola stated that the deceased’s brother, Jimoh Godday, residing in Imota Lagos State, knowledgeable the police crew that his brother had arrived in Nigeria from the US on Saturday, November 16, 2024.
She defined additional that Godday stated he had referred to as on the lodge on Monday, knocked on Room 109 the place his brother was staying however he obtained no response after which he requested a spare key from the supervisor to enter the room, the place they found his brother’s lifeless physique.
Odutola stated, “Photographs have been taken, and numerous medicine and conventional medicines have been recovered from the room.
“The centre of the mattress was soaked with a liquid like substance. A buddy of the deceased, Ogunmonti Ogunwole, confirmed that he accompanied his buddy , Sunday to buy 9 several types of medicine the day before today resulting from his complaints of sickness.
“The physique has since been evacuated to OOUTH Morgue in Sagamu for an post-mortem.
“No identified explanation for demise but, and the case can be transferred to State Prison Investigation Division for discreet investigation.”
