The Taraba Police Command on Tuesday said it
was awaiting the result of the autopsy conducted
on the body of Samuel Awar, a comedian who was
found dead in a hotel in Jalingo.
The command’s spokesman, David Mishal, told
the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo that the
autopsy would determine the cause of Awar’s
death.

“It is normal to conduct an autopsy in situations
like this to determine whether the deceased was
killed or he died as a result of natural causes,”
Mr. Mishal said.
He said the two ladies whom the command
earlier invited for interrogation in connection
with the case, had been released after nothing
implicating was found against them.
“We have since released the two girls we invited
for questioning. I don’t intend to give more
information on this because doing that can
jeopardise the ongoing investigation,” the
spokesman said.

Mr. Awar, aka Big Shark, was found dead by his
aides in Jalingo on December 8.
He made his last public appearance on
Wednesday when he went out with his fans to
paste posters around Jalingo in preparation for a
peace concert scheduled for December 17.