The deceased with his parents
The mother of 20 year old Nigerian man, Edwin Owodunni(middle), Mrs
Owodunni, has written a petition to the Federal Criminal Investigation
Department (FCID), Homicide Section, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos over
the sudden death of her son who came to Nigeria to spend some time with
his father in April.In the petition which she sent to the criminal investigation office, Mrs Owodunni who is based in Germany with her son says he came to Nigeria to spend the holiday with his father, Edwin Obele, when he died suddenly. According to her, she suspects that her son was killed and used for ritual after the people who he was living with began to avoid her calls. In her petition, Mrs Odunni wrote
“I am writing a petition about the suspected murder of my son, Edwin Owodunni, 20, and a citizen of Germany. My son had been coming to Nigeria to visit his father and this trip was his fourth. Edwin came to Nigeria on March 16, 2017 for the burial of his paternal grandmother in the village at Owerri. Edwin was expected to return to Germany on April 7. He was communicating with me (via phone). He called on April 12 to inform me that he had extended his flight to May 12th as he wanted to spend more time with his father. That was the last time the family here in Germany heard from Edwin. All efforts to reach Edwin’s father proved abortive. All efforts to reach my son also proved abortive. But to our surprise, we were told that Edwin had committed suicide. We got this news on June 26 while Edwin allegedly committed suicide about three months ago in his father’s village in Owerri”.
Mrs Owodunni said her son was buried without her knowledge and that she suspects he could have been used for ritual purpose.
“To this end, we want the police to thoroughly investigate this case to unravel the mystery behind the death of my son”.
Police officers at FCID however say the father of the boy, Edwin Obele, had been arrested in connection with the son’s death.
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