Panic in Plateau community as beheaded woman’s body found in refuse dump

By Golok Nanmwa, JOS

Residents of Angwan Durun-Uwa community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State were thrown into panic on Thursday following the discovery of the decomposing body of a beheaded woman inside a sack at a refuse dump.

The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.

A youth leader in Barkin Ladi, Danjuma Ibrahim, who confirmed the incident, said he received a distress call early Thursday morning informing him that a body had been abandoned at the refuse site.

“I received a call at about 7 a.m. that a beheaded woman’s body had been dumped inside a sack at the refuse dump in Angwan Durun-Uwa.

“We immediately alerted the police, who responded to the scene,” Ibrahim said.

He explained that the body had already begun decomposing by the time it was discovered, making identification difficult.

The corpse was later evacuated from the scene, while investigations have commenced to determine the identity of the victim and track down those responsible for the killing.

Efforts to obtain confirmation from the spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, SP Alfred Alabo, were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.