By Celestial Pastor Implicated In Disappearance Of Man At Oniru Beach
Dedeigbo Ayodeji
One Pastor Ejiro Ologonla, 45 years old, identified as aCelestial Church Pastor from Delta State but based in Lagos, has been implicated by the police in the disappearance of Olatunfe Anthony Oluwafemi, 29 years old of No 27 Owode Street, Alapere Ketu.
According to information made available to BlackBox Nigeria, Oluwafemi who was sent on an errand to Ilupeju on February 12, 2020 but did not return. When the family failed to establish his whereabouts, it was reported at the police station on February 20, 2020.
Using its intelligence, the police electronically analysed theItel phone of the missing person forensic experts which led to the arrest of the user of the phone, one Monsurat Gbadegeshin ‘f’ 23 years old.
“In her statement, she said her fiancé Abiodun Abiola gave her the phone. That led the operatives to apprehend the said Abiodun Abiola ‘m’ 30 year old. During questioning, Abiodun said one Tolu Olurotimi ‘m’ 20 years old sold the phone to him, thereby leading the operatives to him, ” reads the statement by police.
When questioned, Tolu Rotimi said he bought the phone from Pastor Ejiro Olagonla who was said to be at Oniru beach for spiritual cleansing on that fateful day.
Pastor Olagonla claimed that when he met the missing Olatunfe Anthony Oluwafemi. He stated that while he was at the beach, the missing person who appeared drunk, came in and started chasing people around. At a point he saw him climbing a fisherman boat. Later he saw the missing person pulling his clothes, shoes, dropped his phones and jumped into the sea. He further claimed that he informed the security men on guard duty at the beach and also called a Police officer as well as one princess Arike Oniru on phone to intimate them of the incident.
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He said he finally picked up the victims clothes, shoes and phone and sold the phone to one Tolu Olurotimi for one thousand five hundred naira only. The Oniru beach security guards, the Fishermen, the Princess and other witnesses mentioned were invited for questioning. The Fisherman stated that on that fateful day, the missing person came to the beach behaving as if he was drunk.
That as he paddled the canoe to the sea, he was alerted that the man was hanging on the canoe. He brought him back and promised to give him fish. But when he came back the following day he did not see the man again. The Princess confirmed that the Pastor called her to inform her that somebody jumped into the sea and she advised him to report the incident to the nearest Police Station. The security guards on duty at the beach denied receiving a report of somebody jumping into the sea.
The clothes and shoes of the missing person were found in possession of the Pastor. It is established that the missing person was actually at Oniru beach before his disappearance. The Pastor was the last person that had contact with the missing person. It is not yet established whether the missing person is dead or still alive. But circumstantial evidences gathered so far, are strongly pointing towards the Pastor. The Pastor did not just sold the phone belonging to the missing person, he also converted the money he found in the trouser of the missing person to his own use.
There is no record showing that the Pastor reported the incident to any Police Station. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Yaba for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
