Area Mama
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A popular crossdresser popularly called 'Area Mama' has been murdered in a most brutal manner, and his body was dumped by the roadside on Thursday, August 8, in FCT. In the viral photos that surfaced on social media, the cross-dresser is seen lifeless and covered with bruises sustained from the alleged beating he received before…
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Benneth Igweh,FCT commissioner of Police, has ordered immediate investigation into the murder of a crossdresser, popularly known as ‘ Abuja Area Mama.’ Josephine Adeh, Spokesperson for the FCT Police Command,disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that crossdresser was reportedly found dead in the Mabushi area of the…
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