There was pandemonium at the main campus of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka over the missing 300-level student of Mass Communication, Elozino Ogege, who left her current apartment in search of a new one since last Friday and has not been seen.
Dean of Students’ Affairs of DELSU, Prof. Augustus Atubi, who confirmed the development, said that the police were already working on the case.
Police Public Relations Officer of the state, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, who also confirmed the development, said: “It is a case of a missing person. It is being investigated, but at the end of the day, we will communicate the outcome of our investigations.”
A source close to the missing person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said: “She was planning to relocate from her current hostel to another, so went in search of an apartment. Before she left the house that morning, she had called her godmother and told her she was going to look for an apartment.
“After some few hours, the godmother received a call through Elozino’s phone but it was a man that made the call and requested that the godmother should pay a certain amount for the apartment so she was surprised because they never discussed anything about her (godmother) paying for the apartment.
“She then requested that the phone is given to the owner (Elozino) but the man ended the call. She then called back but it was a woman that picked the call and again requested the phone be given to the owner, but the woman ended the call.
The godmother, perceiving that something was fishy, called a second time but the phone was switched off and since then Elozino has not been found.”
A source close to the police in Abraka told our correspondent that a security officer has been arrested and transferred to the command headquarters in Asaba in connection with the missing student.
“They found the phone of the missing girl with the security man and so he was arrested. He has been taken to the police headquarters in Asaba for further investigations,” the source said.