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Before you hear his name, answer this question in your mind. If you died today, how long would it take before anyone noticed. This is not a riddle. It is not a movie line. It is the true story of a Nigerian man who died in his own house, and for four long years, nobody knew. In September 2022, a strange and disturbing discovery was made in Ibadan, Oyo State. It was not a crime scene filled with blood or broken doors. It was not a loud tragedy that shook the streets.

It was a silent one. A story that had been waiting patiently for years to be told. The man at the centre of this story was named Aderemi Abiola.
For years, nobody asked where he went. Nobody reported him missing. Nobody knocked on his door to check if he was alive. And that is how a human being died and slowly turned to bones inside his own house, while life continued outside.

The house was located at Idi Orogbo, Adeosun, Life Forte area of Awotan, Apete, in Ibadan. To anyone passing by, it looked like an abandoned property. The compound was overgrown with weeds. Bushes had taken over the fence. Grass had swallowed the driveway. It looked like a place that time itself had forgotten. Neighbours assumed the owner had travelled.

Some thought he relocated. Others simply did not care enough to ask questions. After all, the house was always quiet, even when the man was alive. Aderemi Abiola lived alone. He was known as a quiet man, a recluse, someone who kept to himself. He did not disturb people. He did not attract attention. He came and went without noise. In a society where everyone is busy with their own struggles, his lifestyle made it easy for him to disappear without alarm.

Years passed. Rain fell on the roof of the house. Sun baked the walls. Grass kept growing. Dust settled. And inside one of the rooms, a man lay on his bed, unmoving, slowly returning to the earth. No one knew. It was only in September 2022 that something finally changed. Members of the community decided to clear the overgrown compound. Some wanted to stop criminals and reptiles from hiding there. Others were simply tired of seeing the abandoned house.

They sought permission from the police before entering. That decision uncovered a truth nobody was ready for. When they forced their way into the house, the smell spoke first. A heavy, disturbing odour that told a story of death before eyes could confirm it. Inside one of the rooms, they found a sight that would never leave them.

On the bed lay skeletonized human remains. The body had decomposed completely. Flesh was gone. What remained were bones, arranged in the shape of a man who had once lived, breathed, and hoped. The skeleton was on the bed, not on the floor, not outside, but exactly where a person would lie down to rest.

Then they noticed something that froze everyone. A mobile phone was still in his hand. That single detail raised painful questions. Was he calling for help. Was the phone dead. Was there no network. Did he collapse suddenly. Did he wait, hoping someone would answer. No one could tell. Police officers arrived and secured the scene. There were no signs of forced entry. The house was locked from the inside. There were no marks of struggle.

No blood. No broken furniture. This was not a murder. It was loneliness. Inside the compound, his car was still parked where he left it. Grass had grown around it year after year, slowly swallowing it. The car, like its owner, had blended into silence. During a careful search of the room, police found a wallet. Inside it was a driver’s licence. That was how the bones finally got a name.

Aderemi Abiola. A driver. A Nigerian man. A human being. Investigators later concluded that he likely died around 2018. That meant his body lay in that room for about four years, undiscovered. Four years of silence. or an answer. Another life hoping to be noticed.

Note: This is a throwback story https://www.nairaland.com/7323725/oyo-landlords-skeleton-found-room

I live alone in my three bedroom apartment, my neighbors would know fast 🤷🏿.

They would have dried him up
He would have made a great fire wood

One of the major disadvantages of being single.

Reason u got let ur relatives know were u liv

I remember this story vividly. He worked with an oil company in PortHarcourt. His wife and kids live there as well but he often visit Ibadan where he live alone

You are reporting crime and trying to be poetic

Kingsasian:
I remember this story vividly. He worked with an oil company in PortHarcourt. His wife and kids live there as well but he often visit Ibadan where he live alone

He had a family, and no one cared to know what happened to him?

He was dead to the world a long time ago

See why it is dangerous to get married

May Tinubu be forgotten after he leaves office

Gotocourt:
I live alone in my three bedroom apartment, my neighbors would know fast 🤷🏿.

You are trying. I did that for few months, I couldn't help it. It felt so lonely to the point that I was staying back at work till night. I eventually fast tracked my wedding to same year.

victorVIC1:
You are trying. I did that for few months, I couldn't help it. It felt so lonely to the point that I was hanging at my place of work till night. Had to fast track my wedding to same year.

Fear of death was the reason for your marriage?😫😫😫

Very very old news….

Sometimes, some news/informations needs to be vetted before posting!!!
Though someone can learn from it but still!!! And don’t forget to add graphic content!!!

Inna lillahi wa ina ilehi rajiun!

That was really disturbing.

I read the story too then.

Once my phone's battery died, people would know something is wrong.

KingDashx:
They would have dried him up
He would have made a great fire wood

How does this statement make sense to you?

I remember the story back then

Gotocourt:
I live alone in my three bedroom apartment, my neighbors would know fast 🤷🏿.

However, it's not advisable to live all alone. Two are better than one. Anything can happen at any time.

This was not a murder. It was loneliness.....

Best way to go if you ask me...
slowly returning to the earth, blending into silence,
transcending into the elixir of time unnoticed.
So poetic isn't it... came alone, left alone.
This is Life!

funny that the criminals around didn't notice it, also why the smell after 4yrs?

This story is hard to believe. The stench of a decomposing human body can be nauseating in an environment until urgent steps are taken immediately to locate the dead.

What about flies swarming to the scene of the dead? Is the next neighbour's house miles away from his home?

Lock everywhere, the dead will still smell for people to become uncomfortable to stay around.

Hmmmm single life no easy oh....


The worst part make u be an introvert and always putting phone on DND u go Kpai finish nobody go quick know.

edoman2016:
One of the major disadvantages of being single.

....he probably wasn't single, but alone.

Kingsasian:
I remember this story vividly. He worked with an oil company in PortHarcourt. His wife and kids live there as well but he often visit Ibadan where he live alone

And they did not bother looking for him?
Anyway it is possible he is one of those guys that will go reside in a distance city, make a family over there but never bring them to know his place of origin or his people.

Quite scary.


Don't spam the forum by advertising in the wrong places or posting the same content many times.

Heard about this story some years ago.

Something about him working in an oil company in Port Harcourt

victorVIC1:
You are trying. I did that for few months, I couldn't help it. It felt so lonely to the point that I was staying back at work till night. I eventually fast tracked my wedding to same year.

Fast track wedding for the same marriage that men benefit nothing from

Lol

I don't know why, this story is kinda difficult for me to believe.

How would someone stay without having siblings, friends, relatives, neighbours etc that would check up on him once in a while?



ADONBILIVIT.

Things are happening. The kind of life wey I don dey live already but I dey associate with people in my surroundings well well ooo.

This one is what we call ógbẹẹnután😂😂😂

That right there is the final state of man, so after all the vanities of life this is the reality that awaits everyone.
No more do you know who I am? No more pride etc. Just nothing.
So why do we take delight in harming one another? People like Wike need to see this. It all ends here.