An unidentified man has been found d3ad behind the Monday Market in Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Sources in the area said members of the community discovered the corpse on Tuesday morning, October 6, 2026 and alerted security operatives.
Police personnel arrived at the scene and evacuated the body to the General Hospital, Pankshin, where efforts were made to identify the deceased.
A community source, Panshak Rogo, who spoke at the hospital, said the identity of the deceased was yet to be established.
“Presently, we are at the General Hospital. We are here because there is an unidentified individual who was k!lled around Monday Market.
“The corpse is yet to be identified because some sensitive organs have been removed from the body. His ears and nose were cut off, while his private part has also been tampered with,” he added.
Rogo urged members of the public who are missing relatives to report to the police for possible identification of the corpse.
“Please, if you have any report of a missing person, go to the nearest police station. To be precise, Pankshin Police Station is important,” he said.
He appealed to anyone with useful information about the deceased or the circumstances surrounding his d3ath to report to the police.
