The FCT Police Command has linked a woman and two workers of a guest house to the disposal of the body of a man whose family had earlier reported him missing in Abuja. The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed this on Saturday while briefing journalists at the……
The FCT Police Command has linked a woman and two workers of a guest house to the disposal of the body of a man whose family had earlier reported him missing in Abuja.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed this on Saturday while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Abuja, explaining that investigators traced the deceased’s final phone activity to a woman who had allegedly been with him at a Gwarimpa guest house.
The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was initially reported missing by his family before his lifeless body was discovered under the Katampe Bridge along the Kubwa Expressway.
Sanusi said the discovery had initially generated reports and speculation linking the incident to kidnapping and “one chance” robbery. Police investigations, however, established that the body belonged to the man whose disappearance had earlier been reported by his family.
“Beyond the media reports, however, there was a family grieving and struggling to understand what had happened to their loved one,” the CP said.
According to the commissioner, the investigation took a significant turn after operatives discovered that the deceased’s mobile phone was missing.
“In the course of the investigation, we discovered that the deceased’s mobile phone was missing. This became a significant lead in the investigation, and our operatives commenced efforts to track the device and establish its last known location and usage,” he said.
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Although the phone had been switched off, investigators were able to establish the deceased’s last known communication with Mrs Rukayat Muhammed of Garki Area 2, Abuja.
Sanusi said further investigation showed that Muhammed, a married woman, was allegedly in a romantic relationship with the deceased and had saved his contact as “Safiyat” on her phone.
The police subsequently traced the deceased’s final known movements to the Good Samaritan Guest House on Second Avenue, Gwarimpa, where Muhammed and the man had allegedly lodged.
The commissioner said Muhammed allegedly discovered that the man was no longer breathing but left the guest house with his mobile phone instead of reporting the incident to the police.
“Rather than immediately reporting the incident to the Police, the suspect took the deceased’s mobile phone and left the hotel,” Sanusi said.
Several hours later, according to the police, hotel management gained access to the room after attempts to establish contact with the occupants proved unsuccessful and discovered the man’s body.
Sanusi said two members of the hotel management, identified as Ibrahim Omeiza and Kefat Bitrus, allegedly removed the body from the room and transported it to the Kubwa Expressway by Katampe, where they dumped it under the bridge.
“Instead of reporting the discovery to the Police, two members of the hotel management identified as Ibrahim Omeiza and Kefat Bitrus subsequently removed the body from the room and transported it to Kubwa expressway by Katampe under the bridge where they dumped it by the roadside,” the CP said.
The police, however, have not established the exact cause or circumstances of the man’s death.
Sanusi stressed that investigations were still ongoing and cautioned against drawing conclusions about how the man died before the completion of the investigative process.
“The exact cause and circumstances of the deceased’s death still under investigation, other investigative processes are being pursued to determine the full facts of the case,” he said.
The commissioner said anyone found to have played a role in the man’s death, or in the concealment and abandonment of his body, would face the law.
The development has shifted the investigation from initial speculation about kidnapping or “one chance” robbery to an inquiry into what happened at the Gwarimpa guest house and how the body was subsequently transported to Katampe.
Police said further investigative processes were underway to establish the full circumstances surrounding the man’s death.
