Mr. Sunday Ibrahim a mobile policeman, who was escorting, a Lagos-based businessman, identified only as Salau, as his duty, went missing in July 2017.
Grace, 35 years of age and the unhappy wife of the policeman, told PUNCH Metro sources that she had been living in sorrow and uncertainty since July 28 when she last talked with her husband on the telephone.
Grace stated to the source “Sunday, with service number 240620, who was serving at the Special Protection Unit, Zone 11, Osogbo, was asked to protect the businessman and members of his family in Lagos.
“My husband told me that his boss posted him to a man in Lagos and told him that he would come back later. We used to communicate very often on the telephone. We talked many times in a day. But on July 28, 2017, I called him and his phone rang out.
“I called a second time and somebody picked it and said he was having a bath. I called after a while and the person told me that my husband would call me back; but I did not hear from him.
“I went to Zone 11 to ask for my husband’s whereabouts, and they told me that he was posted to where there was no network and that he would call me back later.”
The woman then detailed how after several visits to the zone and the Osun State Police Command she did not get any information about Sunday.
Ezekiel, Sunday’s brother, stated a police officer at the SPU warned him against coming to the zone to disturb them with the issue of the missing cop.
He added that a woman at Zone 11 also warned the family against going to report the case to the press.
The businessman, Salau, speaking to a Punch correspondent on the phone told him that he had asked Sunday to escort his family on a trip in July 2017.
He explained that during the journey, they were attacked by armed gunmen, which caused the policeman to flee.
He said he had not seen him since then.
“He escorted some members of my family on a trip. Between Ilesa and Ife, there was a robbery during which the robbers shot and killed my niece. The driver told me that he (the policeman) ran into a bush and they did not see him after the incident.
“The case was reported to Zone 11 and to the Commissioner of Police in Osun State. On compassionate grounds, I paid the school fees of his children. I don’t know anything about his disappearance and you can verify from the police,” Salau said.
Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, the state Commissioner of Police, said an investigation was underway as the robbery occurred in his jurisdiction.
Mr. Agboola Oshodi-Glover, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, said the case was under investigation.
“We will get to the root of the matter. I don’t want to say more than that,” he added.