A decomposing physique was found on Sunday inside a parked car on the Nationwide Meeting Advanced in Abuja, throwing the world into shock and prompting a right away investigation by the Police.
The corpse, recognized as Gaddafi Iwar, 55, was discovered round 9:00 a.m. in a pink Peugeot 406 with registration quantity BWR-577 BF, close to the annex gate of the advanced.
Iwar, it was gathered, was a labourer working at a building website inside the premises and will have died days earlier than the invention, because the car had reportedly been parked in the identical spot for an prolonged interval.
Police operatives from the Nationwide Meeting Division evacuated the physique, which was first taken to the Nationwide Meeting Clinic and later to the Asokoro Basic Hospital, the place medical officers confirmed it was already in a complicated state of decomposition.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, in a press release on Monday, confirmed the invention of the lifeless physique.
In response to a press release by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the physique was discovered on September 7, 2025, at about 9 a.m. following a misery name.
“On September 7, 2025, at about 09:00 hours, the FCT Police Command obtained a misery name reporting the invention of an unidentified male, suspected to be a labourer, discovered lifeless at a building website inside the Nationwide Meeting Advanced,” the assertion learn.
The police disclosed that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Nationwide Meeting Division, instantly responded to the decision.
“The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Nationwide Meeting Division, instantly responded to the decision and, upon arrival, found the deceased inside a pink Peugeot 406 motorized vehicle with registration quantity BWR-577 BF,” the command added.
The police stated the physique was thereafter taken to the hospital, the place medical personnel confirmed that it was already in a complicated state of decomposition.
Adeh, nevertheless, stated the FCT Commissioner of Police has ordered a radical probe into the case.
“The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, has ordered a discreet investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and directed that efforts be intensified to ascertain the identification of the deceased.”
The police assured the general public that additional updates shall be communicated because the investigation progresses.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police has ordered a discreet investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding Iwar’s loss of life and to ascertain how the car went unnoticed for days inside the closely secured premises.
