Kehinde Ajayi bought a Sienna, and had cause to celebrate it with his friends in a well-appointed place in Felele, Kogi, where they eventually murdered him .
The car owner was declared missing for days, until the police focused on one of the friends and the crime started unravelling.
According to the state police command spokesman William Ayah, the friend later confessed they killed Ajayi July 24, and he buried the corpse in his house in Lokoja.
On Monday, he took policemen to the house.
Angry youth who were around when police recovered the body have attacked the house.