Bauchi Central Senator Abdul Ningi recounts that his late colleague, former Senator Bello Mandiya, died after slipping and hitting his head in his bathroom at his Abuja residence. Ningi says Mandiya’s body was discovered about 72 hours after the incident.
Other reporting adds details on how Mandiya was ultimately found. Legit.ng says an imam became concerned and reported a foul smell, prompting neighbours to check on him. The accounts converge on the same overall sequence: a bathroom fall linked to the death, followed by a delay before anyone discovers his body in the home.
The outlets present differing emphasis—some focus on Ningi’s description of the slip and head injury, while others highlight the community concern that led to the discovery—but they align on the key facts of where the death occurred, the alleged mechanism, and the roughly 72-hour gap between being last seen and being found.
