Police Locate Family Of Man Whose Skeleton Was Discovered In Ibadan

The Oyo State police command has located the family members of the man whose skeleton was found in his house in Ibadan, the state capital.

The spokesman of the command, Adewale Osifeso in a statement released on Saturday said the deceased’s name was Aderemi John Abiola.

Osifeso further stated that the deceased was last seen around 2018.

He said the discovery was a result of “solid partnership and provision of credible information to the Oyo State Police Command.”

Osifeso 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.”

He said the driver’s license found in his wallet revealed that the deceased was indeed Aderemi John Abiola and was last seen around 2018.

Osifeso’s family members confirmed the discovery of the detectives of the Command attached to the SCID.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Williams called on the public to assist in the provision of useful information and has also directed the immediate transfer of the case to the Command’s apex investigation body, the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).

Williams said the scene has since been cordoned in the interest of public health and safety.