By Our Correspondent
What happened inside a guest house in Gwarimpa before a man’s body was found beneath a bridge in Abuja has become the subject of a police investigation, with his final hours still shrouded in unanswered questions.
The case began with a missing-person report.
A man had disappeared, leaving his family desperate for answers. Days later, his lifeless body was discovered beneath the Katampe Bridge along the Kubwa Expressway.
The circumstances surrounding the discovery initially raised questions about whether he had been kidnapped or fallen victim to a so-called “one chance” robbery.
But investigators with the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have since traced a different line of events — from the deceased’s missing mobile phone to a woman in Garki Area 2 and, eventually, to a guest house in Gwarimpa.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, disclosed the details on Saturday, September 26, 2026, while briefing journalists at the Command headquarters in Abuja.
According to the commissioner, police investigators were able to identify the body as that of the man whose family had earlier reported him missing.
One of the crucial leads in the investigation was not found where the body was discovered.
It was the man’s mobile phone.
The device was missing, prompting investigators to examine its last known activity and establish who had been in contact with the deceased before his disappearance.
Although the phone had already been switched off, police said they were able to trace the man’s final known communication to Mrs Rukayat Muhammed, a resident of Garki Area 2, Abuja.
Further investigation, according to the police, revealed that Muhammed was a married woman who had been in a romantic relationship with the deceased.
Investigators also discovered that she had saved the deceased’s telephone number under the name “Safiyat”.
That lead eventually took the police to Good Samaritan Guest House on Second Avenue, Gwarimpa.
Police said the deceased and Muhammed had lodged at the guest house.
It was there, according to the police account, that events took a disturbing turn.
The commissioner said Muhammed discovered that the man was no longer breathing.
Rather than immediately contacting the police or reporting the incident, she allegedly left the guest house with his mobile phone.
Several hours later, hotel workers reportedly became concerned after attempts to contact the occupants proved unsuccessful.
When staff eventually gained access to the room, they allegedly found the man’s body inside.
The discovery presented another question: what happened next?
According to the police, instead of reporting the matter to the authorities, two members of the hotel management — identified as Ibrahim Omeiza and Kefat Bitrus — allegedly moved the body from the guest house.
Police said the two men transported the body to the Kubwa Expressway, near Katampe, where it was abandoned beneath the bridge.
It was the discovery of the body at the roadside that eventually brought the case to public attention.
But one central question remains unanswered: how did the man die?
The police have not yet established the cause of death.
Commissioner Sanusi stressed that the investigation remains ongoing and that the circumstances surrounding the man’s death have not been conclusively determined.
That distinction is significant.
The discovery of the body, its alleged removal from the guest house and abandonment beneath the bridge are separate aspects of the case. Investigators must still establish what happened before the man died and whether, or how, anyone may have contributed to his death.
Police are now working to reconstruct his final hours — what happened inside the guest house, what took place before his death, and the roles allegedly played by those who came into contact with him afterward.
Sanusi said anyone found to have been involved in the man’s death, or in concealing and abandoning his body, would face the law.
The investigation has therefore moved beyond the initial fears of a possible kidnapping or roadside robbery.
The trail from the deceased’s phone has led investigators to a guest house in Gwarimpa, a woman he reportedly knew intimately, and two hotel workers who allegedly became involved after his body was discovered.
Yet the most important piece of the puzzle remains missing.
Until investigators determine how the man died, the full story of his final hours cannot be told.
His family had initially been searching for a missing man.
Now, they are left waiting for answers about how he spent his final moments — and how a man last traced to a guest house in Gwarimpa ended up dead beneath a bridge along the Kubwa Expressway.
The FCT Police Command says further investigative procedures are underway to establish the full facts of the case.
Source: Daily Trust
