- Safiu Kehinde
An Imo state indigenous group has called out the Nigerian Police Force over the case of a missing lady feared murdered by her boyfriend in Lagos.
The group, under the aegis of Owalla Town Development Union, called the attention of the public over the case of the missing lady identified as Comfort Uwakwe who was last seen on the 25th of October 2025.
As contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Owalla Town Development Union’s President, Chiedozie Nzeh, the group recounted how Comfort had left home to visit her boyfriend, Olajide Akeushola, in Epe area of Lagos State.
While she had initially called her friend, simply identified as Ifeoma, informing her of her arrival at Akeushola’s place, Comfort would again call Ifeoma late in the evening, disclosing that she had been locked in a room and was in danger.
“Ms. Comfort Uwakwe, a native of Owalla Autonomous Community, in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, resident at 1, Olusegun Close,Off Eliasau Street, Mafolokun- Oshodi, Lagos, according to her sister, on the 25th Of October, 2025, went to visit a friend, Olajide Akeushola, in Epe.
“On getting to her destination, she put a call through to her female friend (Ifeoma) that she had gotten to her destination and had seen the friend she went to visit. By 10:08 p.m, of the same day, Comfort made a distress call to Ifeoma informing her that she was locked in a room and was in danger, before her phone went off and nobody has heard from her till date.
“On the 27th Of October 2025, the family reported her as missing at Makinde Police Station, Oshodi. An IPO was assigned to the case but the family members were told to go to Epe Police Station since she was last seen in Epe.
“On getting to Epe Police Station to lay the complaint, they were referred back to Makinde Police Station.
“On October 28, 2025, investigation into the matter commenced at Makinde Police Station and on November 26, 2025, the boyfriend, Olajide Akeushola, whom Comfort had gone to visit was arrested in Epe and was taken to Makinde Police Station, from where he was transferred, as a suspect, to Lagos State Command (Special Squad), Ikeja, on November 28, 2025, and an IPO was assigned to the case.” The statement partly read.
According to the union, Akeushola confessed meeting Comfort the day she was last seen by her family.
The suspect disclosed that they had some drinks and when she got tipsy, he had to lock her in the hotel room where they went.
He however told the police that Comfort later had an accident along the Epe highway as a trailer alleged crushed her on the highway.
Akeushola took the police to the said scene of the accident where they picked a leg believed to be the only remains of Comfort; after one month that the said accident occurred.
This however did not go down well with the family of the missing lady who, at the sight of the picture of the leg, held that it does not belong to Comfort.
The Owalla Town Development Union questioned the authenticity of the police of discovery while also demanding to know the actual circumstances that surrounded Comfort’s ordeal at the hotel where he was hosted by Akeushola.
“The family had insisted, immediately they saw the picture of the leg, that it was not Comfort’s leg; making the police to demand for an autopsy and DNA to be carried out on the leg, and that the family will bear the cost.
“This development has not only traumatized the family but has left a lot of questions unanswered:
“Whose leg was picked by police?
“If it’s Comfort’s leg, as claimed by the suspect (And the police seem to believe him) where are the other parts of parts of Comfort’s body?
“If Comfort was locked in the hotel room, as they claimed, how did she escape to the “highway” where, according to the suspect, she was said to have been crushed by a speeding truck?
“What are the hotel staff on duty on fateful day saying? escaped to the Epe highway from the hotel room where she was locked, was there evidence of the door or window of the room being forced open?
“Why are the police holding on to the ‘accident’ story of the suspect and are not looking at other possibilities like ritual murder (Given the sudden appearance of a leg without a body).
“Why is the “leg of an accident victim” still intact at the accident scene for several weeks, and not rotting when it was discovered?” The union asked while urging members of the public with tangible information about Comfort’s whereabout to reach out to the police or directly to the union.
“These and more questions are begging for answers that are critical for the sake of justice. There is need for due diligence in the investigation, on the part of the police, before it is concluded.
“This is for the Nigerian public to note. Anyone with any useful information regarding the missing person should kindly report to the police or contact the following numbers: 0913 061 0045, 0706 290 3832″ The statement added.