Naked dead bodies of man, lover discovered in Ogun

Residents of Ago-Iwoye; a community in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State were stunned yesterday when they discovered naked and lifeless bodies of a father of four and his lover in a room.

The 50-year-old man, who was simply identified as Akeem, was said to be living with his four children and wife in a one room apartment in the highly populated community before the sad incident occurred.

It was gathered that his wife and three children were said to have travelled to Imodi Imosan to celebrate Sallah with his families and he decided to entertainment himself with a female lover.

Sources claimed that Akeem had brought in the yet to be identified lady on the same night his wife travelled with his children. In the morning, both of them were found dead in the room, with the man lying naked on the bed, while the lady’s body was on a two-seater couch.

According to findings, Akeem and his legal wife were both fashion designers. They both own Alubarika Fashions located at Atomotele compound in Igan road, Ago Iwoye.

“Akeem brought his lover to come and stay with him over the night, since his wife and children were not at home,” said a neighbour, who identified himself as Idowu Odunsi.

However, when other tenants did not see Akeem in the morning, one of them said he saw him with a lady inside the shop the previous night, prompting them to go to his room.

Idowu said after several knocks on the door with no response, they forced broke the door, only to discover the dead bodies.

“We were shocked and dumbfounded to see him naked on the bed and the lady on the chair,” he stated, adding that, “We cannot say precisely what caused his death and that of his strange lover,” he stated.

Landlord of the house, where the late Akeem was living, 70-year-old Pa Oluwakemi Odunsi, said that the deceased had slaughtered his Eid -el Kabir ram that day, after which he informed him that he wanted to retire to his shop.

He said, “it was this morning (Wednesday) around 10am that I ordered that his shop door be forced opened; that was after we did not see him throughout the previous night.

Divisional Police Officer of Ago Iwoye, Mr. Peter Idenhe, who led police team to the scene of the incident, said, “I suspect generator fume because we found some evidence of generator in the same building where the deceased were.”

He stated further that, “Though I cannot categorically determine the cause of the death until autopsy is carried out, preliminary investigation shows that they might have died from inhalation of generator fumes.”