Operatives of Ogun state Police Command have arrested four men over the sudden disappearance of a 36 years old woman , Adebayo Aminat Keji who has gone missing since on the 16th of September 2022.
The suspects, Azeez Raimi, 21yrs, Yusuf Shaeed 33yrs, Awodero Michael 27yrs and Soneye Lateef 39yrs were arrested following a complain lodged at Shagamu divisional headquarters by the elder brother of the victim one Ahmed Adebayo, who reported that the victim left home since on the 15th of September and her whereabout is unknown since then.
Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, directed the anti kidnapping unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments to unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the woman.
In compliance with the CP’s directive, the SP Taiwo Opadiran led team embarked on technical and intelligence based investigation, which led them to one Soneye Lateef an hotelier, whose hotel facility the victim was seen last.
On interrogation, the hotelier admitted that the missing woman was in his hotel on that day on the invitation of her friend one Bose Fajebe, who came to the hotel with her boyfriend.
They said Bose Fajebe invited the missing woman to join them, but as soon as she arrived, the hotelier picked interest in her and started having a romantic discussion with her.
While the two of them were discussing, Bose and her boyfriend left them and went away.
The hotelier further explained that the missing woman also left not quite long after her friend had left, and later in the night, he also left the hotel with two of his friends namely Saheed Yusuf and Michael Awodero to meet a herbalist Azeez Raimi who is to carry out an Ifa divination ritual for them, and that they were all at the shrine throughout the night.
But contrary to his claim that the missing woman was not with them at the shrine, the Ifa priest confirmed that he saw the woman in the vehicle with Soneye Lateef and Yusuf Shaeed outside the shrine and that they later left with the lady in the night to somewhere he didn’t know.