Two persons, a man and woman were found dead in the former’s room on Friday at Alo in Ankpa local government area of Kogi State.
The deceased persons were identified as Sheriff Salifu and Blessing Adama who were both from Ankpa.
Confirming the incident, Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Ovye Aya who described the incident as sudden and unnatural said the command was investigating the cause of their death.
SP Aya narrated that one Salisu Ibrahim from Alo in Ankpa came to the station about 12pm where he reported that his tenant, one Sheriff Salifu did not come out of his room as usual at about 09:31am.
“So, the brother to the deceased entered the room through the ceiling and met his brother and one Blessing Adama of Ojogobi Road Ankpa lying lifeless in the room. Both deceased were seen naked,” he said.
As a result, the PPRO stated that the Divisional Police Officer in Ankpa detailed detectives to the scene where they saw the lifeless bodies of the deceased persons, took their photograph and took the bodies to the zonal hospital in Ankpa where they were confirmed dead.
The state Police spokesperson stated further that the corpses were also taken for postmortem examination to determine the cause of their death.
“But the family of Sheriff requested that the body should be released to them. So, he has been buried according to Islamic rites, while the remains of Blessing Adama is still deposited at the mortuary,” Aya said.
