Major General Frank Osokogu (rtd), the father of Cynthia Osokogu, who was brutally killed in Lagos, spoke with Crime Features on the lesson of his daughter’s death...
When did you get to know of her death?
As of the time were looking for her, no ransom had been demanded by anybody. So, we cannot quite place what the motive was. My younger brother in Lagos had already seen the corpse in the mortuary and they had confirmed that no part of the body was missing. So, we could not link it to ritual. That was why I said that her death is incomprehensible as of now. It is a big shock and loss to the family.
How will you described her?
She was a nice girl, full of promise. She has been doing very well and was disciplined. She graduated from the university at about the age of 21 and I was very pleased with that. When she finished her university, I asked her to go for her Masters degree instead of looking for a job that was not forthcoming.
Can you recollect your last encounter with her?
I saw her about a month ago, I went to her school and met her, I gave her some money and her laptop which she forgot when she came to Jos. I did not discuss anything with her, I simply told her that I brought the laptop and left the school. She said she was writing her examination.So, I urged her to let me know when her exam was over. That was all. There was nothing to talk about.
How did you feel when you were looking for her?
I got to know that she was missing about one week after. The reason for that was that she visited her friend in Abuja, left her car there and told them she was going to Lagos to buy some things.It was when the friend did not see her on the day she promised to return that they started looking for any of the family members. They got in touch with me and said my daughter had travelled and that they had not been able to get in touch with her, I told them to come over to my house and they came.So, I asked them to go and make statement to the police. From there, the search started.That was about the first day of August.
