A Ghanaian engineer, Dotse Dzrekey has disappeared after
attending a church service in the Ikotun area of Lagos State, police in the
revealed after launching an investigation. The 59-year-old Dotse, who worked in
an oil company in Accra, Ghana, had come to Lagos to attend a prayer programme
at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun.
On Thursday, May 5, the Ghanaian arrived at Lagos with a
compatriot, Don Emmanuel. They were reported to have lodged at a hotel in the
Ikotun area.
The duo had
gone for a service at SCOAN and was walking out of the auditorium, when the
engineer got lost in the crowd. Emmanuel was said to have waited at the
entrance of the auditorium even as there was no trace of his friend.
Subsequently, Emmanuel returned to the hotel where they
lodged. Till now, Dotse has not been found, and the matter was reported to
Ikotun Police station.
Emmanuel told Punch he had assumed that Dotse had decided to
return alone to Ghana, until he (Emmanuel) was called on the telephone by
Dotse’s family members that they had yet to see him.
He said, "This is my second time in Lagos. I am a SCOAN
member in Ghana. I come to Lagos for prayers. Dotse and I came to Lagos on May
5 and we checked into a hotel not on the SCOAN premises.
"We had been going for several prayer sessions. On Sunday,
after the church service ended, there were a lot of people coming out. In that
process, I discovered he was no longer with me. I went back into the building
to check, but he was not there. He was not with a mobile phone.
"I alerted some of the church ushers, who said nobody was
found. I thought that he had taken another route and gone to the guest house. I
got to the hotel, but he was not there as well.
"There was little SCOAN could do since it was not their
guest house we lodged in. I went to the police station on Monday and reported
the matter. The police took my statement. But since May 9, neither I nor his
family members in Ghana have got any update.
"He did not return to Ghana because his family members
called me that he had not returned. The Ghanaian High Commission is also aware
of this incident."
The engineer’s younger brother, Jacob Dzrekey, told Punch that the family members in
Ghana were distraught, urging the police to investigate the case.
He said, "He has three children. He had some challenges and
he came for special prayers. But nobody has seen him ever since then. The
family members are distressed. His company in Accra has been communicating with
us to use all channels in Lagos to get him back."
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that the family had not reported back at
the police station.
She said, "The Ghanaian had some mental challenges and was
brought to SCOAN for deliverance. He, however, escaped to an unknown
destination. The complainant dropped the victim’s picture and left with a
police extract. Ever since then, they have yet to report back at the station."
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