JUST IN!! Sad: Obasanjo is dead

Information reaching our newsroom that A bad smell coming from a car near a school in north Nicosia, Cyprus led to the discovery of a body in the trunk, later identified as that of a 33-year-old Nigerian Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale.

He was declared missing on July 1 according to local reports.

His body was discovered wrapped in a blanket,

It was not clear whether the Nigerian had a familial connection with Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo.

According to Turkish Cypriot media, concerned citizens noticed a foul smell in broad daylight coming from a parked vehicle near a school in north Nicosia on Monday. Police were notified and immediately sealed off the area before inspecting the vehicle.

The car belonging to Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale: his body was found in the booth wrapped in a blanket

Based on preliminary findings, Obasanjo was believed to have been killed elsewhere, then wrapped in a blanket and placed in the trunk of the vehicle. Someone then drove the car and disposed of the body by abandoning the vehicle with the dead body inside.

Reports said police were examining security camera footage in the area to see whether a suspect who left the car might have been captured on video.

Additional reports said the car was registered to the victim, while the Turkish Cypriot license plate was seen clearly in video footage recorded by media as well as local residents.

Obasanjo Owoyale’s death was not the first in the area, as thebiafrastar reported.

In May, in Nicosia south, a Cameroonian bled to death y following a violent altercation, with Greek Cypriot police attributing his death to a possible turf war.

The 28-year-old male Cameroonian had been chased and attacked with a glass bottle, while a Nigerian suspect had been captured on security camera footage and later prosecuted.

It was not immediately clear whether there was any connection between the two murders.