The
LGBTQ
community
is
currently
mourning
the
death
of
a
popular
crossdresser
simply
known
as
Abuja
Area
Mama.
The
crossdresser’s
brutalized
body
was
found
lying
along
the
Katampe
Mabuchi
expressway
in
Abuja
in
the
early
hours
of
today,
August
8.
He
was
wearing
the
same
dress
he
had
on
hours
earlier
when
he
posted
a
video
from
his
outing
on
TikTok.
The
last
video
shared
by
Area
Mama
was
on
August
7
before
he
was
found
dead
in
the
same
dress
The
dress
had
been
ripped
open
to
expose
his
naket
body.
His
face,
which
appears
to
have
been
bashed
in
with
an
object,
had
turned
purple.
His
bloood
stained
the
grass
beside
his
body.
His
purse
was
left
open
beside
his
body,
alongside
some
personal
items
scattered
at
the
scene.
His
friends
have
reacted
with
outrage,
with
some
pointing
out
that
this
was
not
the
first
time
Area
Mama
had
been
attacked
for
his
sexual
orientation,
yet
nothing
was
done
to
protect
him
after
he
spoke
out
about
the
attack.
Others
pointed
out
that
homophobes
regularly
threatened
online
to
unalive
him
but
nothing
was
done.