Ibrahim Olawale, elder brother of a missing lady, Noimot, shares with GRACE EDEMA how the family tracked her location and uncovered the phone number of a fleeing suspected ritual killer from the hotel manager’s call logs, where she was last seen
How are you related to the missing person?
I’m a brother to Olawale Noimot. She is my parents’ third born. She is 30 years old. I work as a technician at the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company.
Is she married?
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She is a single mother of one.
What happened on the day she went missing?
On Saturday, 19th of July, around past 2 pm, I received a call from one of her neighbours. They had been trying to reach her on the phone, but someone else picked up and said she had an accident and was taken to a hospital in Ikeja, LASUTH.
On their way to the place, they kept calling her number. It rang, but at the gate of the hospital, it went off. They still went in and spoke with hospital staff. They checked all the emergency centres, wards, and even the mortuary, but she wasn’t there.
What did you do next?
We were told to go back to the general hospital to check again. On the way back, my sister and I decided to go and meet some of her neighbours and friends at their place in Maya, Ikorodu, where she had been staying.
They narrated the story to us. They said on Friday, the 18th of July, she left home with her friend for work. When they got to work, around 8:30 am, my sister said she was stepping out and would be back shortly. She told her friend she was going to Ejigbo to see someone and would return.
Did she return?
No. After a while, her friend called to ask where she was, and my sister repeated that she would soon return, but she never did. Her friend ended up sleeping in the hotel where they worked.
What happened the next morning?
Her friend left the hotel around 7:30 am. Later in the day, around 12 or 1 pm, one of my sister’s neighbours came to their compound and asked about her. She found my sister’s son alone at home.
How old is the son?
He’s nine years old.
So, the boy slept alone without his mother?
Yes, alone. That was the neighbour who called my sister’s number, and someone picked up, saying she had an accident and had been taken to the hospital. That was how they alerted others, and a few neighbours went to check.
Did her friend at work explain further what happened?
Yes, she confirmed again that after arriving at work, my sister said she was stepping out briefly. I asked her where they worked and which department. She said my sister worked in the bar section of a hotel.
Yes, I asked for the number of their manager, Mr Wale Onibudo. She gave me the number. She also said the hotel had no name and was located at Ladega.
What happened when you visited the hotel?
My sister, her friend, her neighbour, and I went together. On the way there, her friend pulled me aside to say, ‘They were doing hookup in the hotel.’
When we got to the hotel, I asked to see the manager. The manager’s name is Mr Rafiu. I also met the owner, Mr Wale Onibudo. I asked the manager what he knew. He said on Friday, both my sister and her friend left the hotel that night and never returned.
But her friend earlier said she slept at the hotel. Don’t you think there is a contradiction there?
Yes, that was the contradiction. Her friend claimed she slept over at the hotel that night, but the manager said both of them left around 9 pm and didn’t return. The owner of the hotel also said he saw both of them before he left around 8 pm. So, I wasn’t satisfied because their explanations were conflicting and complicated.
What was your next action?
We left the hotel and went to where my sister had been living. I collected her house key from a neighbour, and we went inside with her son. The next day, Sunday, the 20th of July, we went to the Sagamu Police Division to file a complaint and gave my statement.
What happened thereafter?
Somebody assisted us to track the number of the person we were searching for, because the MTN line was going on and off. The Airtel line had been switched off completely. But the MTN line was still fluctuating—sometimes it was on, sometimes off.
Who helped you with the tracking?
Someone assisted us with that. The person eventually gave us information that the phone operator was going to call. That was the last trace—just before the phone was switched off.
Is the place close to where she lived, around the hotel?
Yes, it’s about 500 meters away—from the hotel to another hotel nearby.
You mentioned there was another issue?
Yes, there was something else we didn’t like. There was an alleged ritualist known to frequent the area; there was a viral video we saw about an Alfa who butchered someone in his house. It raised concerns that he could be involved, though we’re not yet certain.
What did you do about that?
So, my sister and I went to that area to investigate. We made some inquiries and spoke with some members of the community to gather more information. They confirmed that it was true an Alfa lives in that house but is now at large, and the matter has now been transferred to the police station.
Unfortunately, the number we received—the one belonging to Alfa—showed up on the manager’s phone.
How did that happen?
The case was already transferred to Panti. They had Alfa’s phone and the address. They claimed Alfa had forgotten his phone, and he’d been asking them to bring it to him. Well, Alfa isn’t at Panti. He’s at large.
But the two people arrested—one was his neighbour, the other was his in-law. The neighbour said he heard someone screaming around 2 am, shouting, ‘Don’t kill me, let me be!’ until the voice faded—possibly when the person died.
Why didn’t the neighbour intervene?
He said he and Alfa had issues and weren’t on good terms. Alfa usually had multiple women around—about four or five. So, the neighbour assumed he was just fighting with one of them and didn’t check. He also said that the last time he went outside during a fight some time ago, they had threatened to beat him up. He said he didn’t have airtime on his phone to call anyone that night.
The second person arrested lived with Alfa. But on the night in question, he left to go change his clothes, which raised questions; if you live with someone, why would you need to leave to get new clothes? Eventually, he changed his statement. He claimed Alfa gave him something on Friday evening and told him to return the next day with feedback. He gave multiple, inconsistent stories.
So, how did you get Alfa’s number?
When we tracked the last known location of the missing person, my sister, where the phone was switched off—it matched the area mentioned on social media in connection to the news that one ‘Alfa butchered someone.’
We’re still trying to confirm whether the victim is our missing person.
We went to that area on Saturday for our own investigation, just to see if we could gather any physical evidence or information to report to the police.
At the first station, they told us the case had been transferred to the State CID. We were introduced to an officer who took us there. We met the DCO at the CID. He told us to go to Section D4. That’s where we filed a report.
Did you find any relevant evidence there?
Yes, at the crime scene, they had discovered remains: just flesh, no head, no arms, and no legs. The body was dismembered and unidentifiable. We were advised to work with the CID and D4 so that their investigations could align. Maybe if we interrogate their suspects further, we could determine if the dismembered body was our missing person.
We were given a phone number of Alfa, that later appeared in the call logs of the hotel manager, Mr Rafiu. After the suspects were released from the Division, we found out that they still communicated; the latest call was on the 22nd of July.
We checked the manager’s phone (via IPO’s help) and saw direct communication between the suspects and Alfa. This confirmed that they knew each other well. When asked who ‘Khalifa’ was—the name associated with Alfa—the suspect (manager) initially denied knowing. But after pressure and a slap, he confessed that Khalifa was Alfa and his Area brother.
Eventually, one of the staff said that Alfa came to the hotel on Friday evening to drink and was introduced to the missing woman (Noimot) by her friend, Olaitan, and they left together that evening.
What is the police finding?
The police suspected there was more to this case—something hidden. Because of this, the case was transferred to the homicide division, which handles kidnapping and murder.
However, Wale (the hotel owner) is using money and influence to try to suppress the investigation. One of the female officers visited the hotel again last Tuesday with my sister’s colleague (Olaitan). The woman pointed out where the manager and Alfa sat and confirmed their presence that night.
Did the suspect (your sister’s colleague) give consistent statements?
No, the woman gave over five to six different statements. She even claimed one Ola was the missing person’s boyfriend, but when we asked the manager, he said Ola only comes to drink occasionally.
Why wasn’t the suspect detained?
The manager had told police that she was the one who introduced the missing person to the apartment. That’s why they didn’t detain her, despite suspicions.
What’s your take on the police’s attitude, and what’s your appeal?
The police are not taking us seriously at all. I want to appeal to Nigerians and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to please intervene in this case. We carried out most of the tracking ourselves—privately.
When we asked the police to help, they brought nothing to the table.
We are pleading with the authorities to thoroughly investigate this matter. They must find and arrest the Alfa so we can confirm whether the dismembered body found in his house belongs to our sister.
We’ve spent over N1m trying to get justice—moving from place to place, paying for services, making calls—yet we feel abandoned.
The hotel where she was last seen is still operating.
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Maro Ebojoh, for his alleged involvement in organ harvesting in the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Shetima Mohammed, made the disclosure during a press briefing at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday in Lafia, the state capital.
According to him, a distress call was received from the Alhaji Yahaya Sabo Motor Park, Bukan Sidi, Lafia, on Monday, at about 1100 hours, when it was reported that a suspect had been intercepted by motor park officials for alleged involvement in organ harvesting.
The CP, therefore, noted that upon receiving the information, he immediately directed the Divisional Police Officer of ‘B’ Division, Lafia, to proceed to the scene. He added that the suspect was subsequently handed over to the operatives, and four victims were successfully rescued.
He said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that on Friday, November 14, 2025, one Maro Ebojoh ‘M’, 40 years old, of Ogbara Inland Area, Ethiope East LGA, Delta State, arrived in Lafia to source potential organ donors and prepare them for an immediate kidney transplant.
“He lured the following victims with a promise of N2,000,000 payment upon completion of the procedure: Umar Ahmadu Barau, 25 years, Suleiman Alhaji-Garba, 20 years, Williams Dadung, 32 years, and Stanley Ezekiel, 27 years.
“The suspect took all the victims to a hospital for medical evaluation. One of the victims, having passed the initial screening, was moved to Abuja for the transplant, but the procedure could not hold due to issues related to blood pressure. The victim was subsequently lodged in a hotel to stabilise. Operatives of the command swiftly moved to Abuja and rescued the victim unhurt.”
Mohammed narrated that the suspect confessed to the crime and further stated that the agreed amount between him and his client was ₦6.5m, out of which he had received an advance payment of N500,000, while the donors were to be paid ₦2m.
“He also confessed to having successfully procured a donor for another client two months ago. In that case, he received ₦1m while the donor was paid ₦2.5m,” the CP explained.
The CP further urged members of the public to remain vigilant and cautious, particularly against individuals who disguise themselves as genuine organ donor solicitors but are, in fact, involved in organ harvesting for financial gain.
In another development, the state police boss narrated how operatives of the command raided a criminal hideout in the Karu Local Government Area of the state, where nine suspects were arrested.
He mentioned the names of the suspects to include Ahmed Ibrahim, 27 years; Yusuf Abdulazeez, 23 years; Ismaila Abubakar, 18 years; Abdulrahman Mujahid, 20 years; Abdullahi Abdulazeez, 29 years; Muntaka Garba, 21 years; Hashiru Adamu, 21 years; Abdulrahman Jamilu, 22 years; and Auwalu Bashiru Attah, 20 years.
He said, “On 04/11/2025 at about 1030hrs, police operatives attached to the Mararaba ‘A’ Division raided a criminal hideout located along Musbawu Street, Mararaba, Karu LGA, Nasarawa State.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were responsible for numerous gang-related robbery operations at night within Mararaba and its environs. Their modus operandi involved attacking residents, stealing mobile phones, and transferring funds from victims’ bank accounts before selling the stolen devices to unsuspecting buyers.”
He added, “The suspects confessed to the crimes and also admitted to carrying out a robbery operation on 20/05/2025 at the Uke area of Karu LGA, during which they attacked and killed the son of a serving police officer.
“The case is currently under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, and the suspects will be charged in court upon conclusion of investigations.”
A Cameroonian, Ondigui Nnomo Germain, has been found in Osogbo, Osun State, while fleeing from some suspected ritualists.
Germain, who ran into the head office of the Osun Amotekun Corps in the Powerline Area, Osogbo, around 11 am on Tuesday, said he was brought to Nigeria from the Ahala Barriere area in Yaounde by a Nigerian who promised to get him a job.
To get money for his trip to Nigeria, Germain, who was working at a shop in Yaounde, said he sold some of his belongings, adding that he began to suspect the person who brought him to Nigeria when he and his colleagues visited him at a hotel where he was lodged along Osogbo/Ikirun Road on Monday.
Upon realising that the person who brought him from Cameroon may have an ulterior motive, the 28-year-old said he ran out of the hotel and was chased in a vehicle.
After escaping from those chasing him, he said he passed the night in an abandoned building and was wandering around the street until he got to the gate of the Osun State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps, located in the Powerline area of Osogbo in the early hours of Tuesday.
Narrating his ordeal in the French language at the entrance to the Osun Amotekun Office using a mobile phone language translator, Germain, who looked disheveled, said, “I am Ondigui Nnomo Germain. I am 28 years old and I am from Yaounde (Ahala Barriere). I was working for a woman in a second-hand shop in Yaounde when his son, a Nigerian, came to me and suggested there was a job for me in Nigeria.
“I told him that I didn’t have money for the trip, and he told me not to worry, that it was a good job. I sold my belongings and I gave him the money. The money was what he demanded from me before leaving Cameroon. He made sure that I and another person who made the trip had no money in our pockets. They gave us SIM cards when we got to Nigeria.
“We got to Nigeria three days ago (Sunday). What happened thereafter was that yesterday (Monday), the person who brought me here came with another man. I asked him about the work, but he mentioned the post of stock manager.
“I observed that the man who brought me had guys everywhere on the road, even at the border. Then, at about 9 a.m. yesterday, they came to pick me up at the hotel for the interview for the job they promised me.
“There were many in the room where the interview was held inside the hotel. Each of them took their turn trying to convince me. I noticed it was like a voodoo circle; they all had rings except the man who brought me from Cameroon. When I observed that, I sneaked out, but they chased me until I ran into this place.”
Asked what he wanted, Germain said he would like to return to his country. He said, “If you can even accompany me to the border via Buea because I noticed they have guys along the road, I will get to Cameroon. I have fear that I am not safe again.”
When the PUNCH Metro correspondent reported the matter to the Osun State Police Command spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, he said the report should be made at the nearest police station for investigation to commence.
Germain was immediately led to the Obelawo Police Post, where he reported the matter.
PUNCH Metro reported on October 27, 2025, that the Osun State Police Command announced the arrest of 10 people suspected to be members of an unlawful society at a lounge in Moro Community.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, who disclosed the arrest during a press briefing, said those arrested were in a lounge planning evil acts when operatives acting on a tip-off swooped on them.
Gotan, who said the suspects had engaged police operatives in a gun duel immediately they arrived at the scene, added that the cops were, however, able to subdue them and arrested 10 suspects, comprising nine males and one female.
Speaking further, Gotan said five guns, ammunition, five vehicles, and 10 motorcycles were recovered from the scene, noting that efforts had been intensified to arrest the owner and the supervisor in charge of the lounge, believed to be on the run to evade arrest.
Explaining further how the suspects were nabbed, Gotan said, “At about 12:45 am on 25th October, 2025, the command received credible information from public-spirited citizens that some suspected multifaceted criminals, i.e., criminals involved in cultism, kidnapping, thuggery, etc, were shooting sporadically and causing panic at a lounge located at Moro.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the lounge has become a criminal hideout where they plan attacks within its environs.
“Upon receipt of the information, a team of Police Rapid Response Unit operatives, led by the commander, swiftly mobilised to the scene, and on sighting the police team, the suspected evildoers opened fire, but our gallant officers responded decisively and successfully repelled the attack without any casualty.”
A 39-year-old senior officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Funmilayo Oluwamayokun Lasisi, and her daughter, Sewa Lasisi, who were declared missing in Ogun State, have been found dead with a mutilated body part at a suspected herbalist’s den in Osun, in what is suspected to be a ritual killing.
Our correspondent learnt on Tuesday from a Facebook user, Ayomideji Solanke, who was privy to the incident, that the discovery was made over the weekend.
Recall that PUNCH Metro earlier reported that 39-year-old Lasisi and her teenage daughter were reported missing on the morning of Sunday, November 2, after they left their residence at the Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, and never returned.
Oluwamayokun, a Superintendent Route Commander, is a fourth-level senior operational officer in the FRSC hierarchy, responsible for overseeing multiple routes and coordinating strategic enforcement operations.
The Ogun State Police Command had said that efforts by family members and colleagues to reach the officer and her daughter on their mobile phones were unsuccessful.
Sharing an update on the incident on Facebook, Solanke disclosed that a family source had revealed that the remains of the missing officer and her daughter were found at a suspected herbalist’s den in Osun.
Solanke wrote, “The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Federal Road Safety Corps officer, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her young daughter, Sewa, has taken a tragic turn as their remains were reportedly discovered in the home of a suspected herbalist in Osun State.
“Fresh revelations emerged at the weekend when a source close to the bereaved husband disclosed that the bodies of the officer and her daughter were recovered from the residence of a traditional healer in an undisclosed community in Osun State.”
He added that while the wife of the herbalist has been arrested, the herbalist has since been on the run.
Confirming the incident in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Tuesday, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, disclosed that the Osun State Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the incident.
According to Ogunlowo, the Osun command also discovered some exhibits at the scene, which were suspected to be body parts of the missing officer and her daughter.
“The Osun command has commenced investigation, and they have made some arrests. They found some exhibits that are body parts.
“For convenience’s sake, Osun will be investigating the matter, and we will be lending the necessary support. The suspect is with them,” Ogunlowo said.
This is not the first time a missing person has been found dead with a mutilated body part across different states in the country.
PUNCH Metro reported on July 26 that the Ogun State Police Command investigated the death of a 16-year-old boy, Lawal Wahab, whose mutilated body was discovered days after he was declared missing.
Wahab, who was living with his grandmother, was reported missing by his father, Lawal Olumide, before his decomposing remains were found on July 23 along the Old Express Road in Igbile-Ijebu.
Similarly, in January 2020, the dismembered body of a business mogul, Ignatius Adunukwe, was recovered from a bush in the Ajah area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro had gathered that Adunukwe was about to sell a landed property to some supposed buyers when he was allegedly kidnapped by the potential buyers, forced to sign some documents, and strangled to death.
