- There were no visible injuries or indications of physical violence on the deceased
- The deceased was clad in black shorts
The unidentified man’s body was discovered in the early hours of Tuesday, October 31st, at a truck garage in Berger.
According to an eyewitness named Wahab who spoke to Punch, he observed the still-unidentified man standing and leaning against the garage wall on Tuesday morning as some truck drivers arrived to collect their vehicles.
There were no visible injuries or indications of physical violence on the deceased, who was clad in black shorts.
The eyewitness said, “When we got to the truck garage on Tuesday morning, around 8:30 am, we saw a young man; he was just wearing some dirty black shorts, standing and resting his head on the wall of the school where people park their trucks, thinking that he was still sleeping.
“He looked rough and unkempt. Someone went to tap him so that he could wake up and leave the place but when he touched him, the man didn’t move. Tapped him again, but he didn’t move.
“It was on observing him closely that we found out that the guy had d!ed while standing. He didn’t even look like someone who had d!ed.
“Immediately, someone went to the police station in Ojodu to report. Then, the police came and took his body away.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the publication.
He said, “The corpse was evacuated and deposited at the Mainland Hospital mortuary Yaba for an autopsy while efforts are made to identify who he was.”