Man found dead inside bathroom in Abuja village

Aresident of Pegni, an Abuja village, was on Tuesday, found dead inside a bathroom in a compound where he lived.

Residents of the locality in Kuje Area Council were thrown into confusion after the body of the man, identified as Mr. Stephen Ebuka, was found in the bathroom.

He was said to have slumped and died while taking his bath.

A resident of the community, Mr. Bulus Gambo, said the incident happened around 8:12 a.m.

He said it was one of the neighbours, who wanted to take his bath that saw the deceased lying inside the bathroom and raised alarm.

“It was the neighbour that was standing outside waiting for the deceased to finish so that he would enter the bathroom that saw his body. When the man waited for the deceased for about 20 minutes without coming out, he pushed the door opened and saw him lying inside the bathroom with tooth brush in his mouth,’’ he said.

According to him, the landlord of the house, who had gone to the farm, rushed back home to inform the police.

He said the police took the deceased to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead.

Our reporter gathered from residents of the community that the deceased, who is an Igbo, operated provision store in the community and was healthy and hearty when the incident happened.

City News further learnt that his relatives had since that Tuesday taken his remains to the Eastern part of the country for burial.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Kuje Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr. Echo Nwabeko, were not successful and a police officer at the station said they were not aware of the incident.