his apartment in Aga area of Ikorodu in Lagos State, on Monday.Residents of the building have been invited by the police for
interrogations but the state police public relations officer could not
confirm any arrest,the Nigerian Tribune reports..
The skeleton of Yussuf was found in his one-room and a parlour apartment at 46, Jaiyesinmi Street, Aga area of Ikorodu.
The landlady had invited the deceased man’s elder brother to come and
witness the forceful opening of the apartment, when the skeleton was
discovered. The elder brother, Basiru Yussuf, who later reported the
incident at Ikorodu divisional police station, had gone to the scene
with the hope of evacuating his younger brother’s belonging from the
apartment.
Lagos Metro gathered that many residents of the area had for many
months thought that the deceased had absconded from the area. A resident
of Aga area of Ikorodu, who spoke with Lagos Metro under the condition
of anonymity, described the death as mysterious.
“I was surprised at the discovery. I don’t t know how the residents
would not observe that a body was decomposing in that house. The police
have invited some people in connection with the incident but the death
is still a mystery,” the resident said.