••• Colleagues dump Coffin at his doorsteps, flee scene
An Inspector in the Nigeria Police Force, Yusuf Suleiman Blessing, popularly known as BS Omo Alahaja who was serving at Akotogbo in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State has died in a very mysterious circumstances.
BS Omo Alahaja aged 50 years old and native of Ikoro Ekiti in Ekiti state was burnt to death without any accounts of how the incident occurred.
His wife was said to have complained that 24 hours after efforts to reach her husband failed, she received a call from the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) informing her that her husband had drowned.
The wife said his husband’s colleagues had told her that his remains would be brought to Osi community, the next day.
Eye witness account recounted that, when the body arrived, it was however sealed in a coffin.
This prompted family and well-wishers to demand to see the remains, but the three officers refused and ran away, abandoning the coffin and the vehicle in front of his family house.
Upon opening the coffin, the body was found burnt with a cracked skull, contradicting the initial claim that he drowned which further raised suspicions of foul play.
When contacted, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, she said more details would be provided after investigations.
