The manager of a guest house in Lagos State's Ikorodu neighbourhood found the dead body of a middle-aged woman on Saturday.
When he talked with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos State police, verified the discovery.
According to Hundeyin, the guest house manager informed the Ikorodu police about the incident.
He claimed that according to the manager's report, the woman, who was about 46 years old, arrived at the guest house on Friday riding a motorcycle driven by her companion who went by the name Alfa Sule.
The police spokesman said that the manager reported that Alfa Sule, of unknown address, lodged at the guest house with the woman later identified as Muinat.
Hundeyin said that while the manager was going around the rooms on Saturday at about 6am, he discovered the lifeless body of the said woman but Alfa Sule was nowhere to be found.
“There were no marks of violence on the woman; the said Alfa Sule was nowhere to be found but abandoned his Bajaj motorcycle.
“The police visited the scene and found the corpse with foam oozing out of her nostril.
“Photographs of the scene and body were taken before the corpse was removed and deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital morgue for autopsy,’’ he said.
Hundeyin added that the manager of the guest house is assisting the police in their investigation while efforts are on to arrest the fleeing Alfa Sule.
He said the case would be transferred to the Homicide unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for further investigation.