When Charity Anyanwu dropped off her niece Munachiso Anyanwu, at the Lagos toll-gate to board a vehicle to the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, little did she know that it would be the last time they would set eyes on her. Surprisingly, few hours after they waved goodbye, all efforts to ascertain whether Muna, as she was popularly called, reached her destination safely failed as nothing has been heard about her since then.
It has been three months since they parted as she reportedly
went missing thereafter with her phones switched off. Since then, members of
her family have been making frantic efforts and searching all corners of the
country and beyond without any trace of her whereabouts. Crime Guard learnt
that 29-year-old Munachiso Goodluck Anyanwu, an indigene of Aboh- Mbaise, Imo
State, went missing on16 December 2014. She studied Agricultural Economics at
Abia State University.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Recounting the incident that led to the disappearance of his
younger sister, Fabian Anyanwu Ezechukwu, told Crime Guard that before her
disappearance, Munachiso Anyanwu worked with Ogbefere Branch of Diamond bank in
Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state. According to him, she
disappeared on December, 16, 2014. ‘’Prior to that day, Munachiso went to one
Kennedy Uba’s shop and asked him to open an account with her.
Kennedy told her he already had an existing account with
Diamond bank. He eventually gave her four hundred and forty thousand naira to
pay into her own account to upgrade her target. When she came home she told me
about the money Kennedy Uba gave her to update her account.
TRIP TO LAGOS
‘’The next day, she told me she had taken casual leave from
her office and that she would be travelling to Lagos for a few days. After
expecting her to return, I called her on December 8, she said she was still in
Lagos with our Aunty. That same day, a friend of mine, Onyemachi paid in N180,
000 into her account.
My sister called me and asked if I was expecting inflow of
cash, I said yes that a friend of mine sent money to her account to enable me
purchase goods for him. I told her to withdraw the money and send to me. She
said okay she will do that but she did not travel with her ATM card and where
she was, she couldn’t do any transaction.
ANXIETY OVER HER CONTINUED STAY IN LAGOS
‘’I became very disturbed on December 15, so I called my
aunty to find out what was holding her from coming back from base because that
was festive period and owners of the money needed it for their business. I told
my aunty that she should send back the money so that I can return it to those
who paid it into her account. She said she will be coming back the next day. On
December 16, I called Munachi but her phones were switched off.
So, I called my aunty, she said she dropped her at toll gate
in Lagos where she boarded a bus but she didn’t specifically know the bus she
boarded. I became apprehensive and went to the Federal Road Safety Corps office
for them to track if there was any accident on the road, they called the entire
control unit from Lagos to Onitsha but said there was no accident.
VISIT TO HER OFFICE
‘’On the December 17th, I felt she might have come back and
went straight to the office. So, I went to their office and one of their staff
named Cynthia, directed me to their manager. I went to her and identified
myself as Munachi’s brother. She told me that Munachi sent her a text message
that she has resigned from the bank. I asked her if that was the bank’s
procedure for resignation or was was there any fraudulent transaction or bank’s
money that was missing? How can somebody resign by sending a text message?
SUSPICION OVER ACCOUNT
‘’However, because of the money which Kennedy paid into her
account, I immediately asked the bank manager to freeze Munachi’s account so
that there will be no more withdrawals. The bank manager was becoming very
difficult to deal with. She was asking me to get police report and court order.
I went straight to the police to get the report and court order. It took me
some days to get the documents, which was on December 22. I went to the bank
with a police officer and the documents. They received and stamped them.
FRAUDULENT WITHDRAWALS
Surprisingly, at that stage, the Manager told me that
somebody called Nwokpala Michael had been defrauding my sister for months now.
I told her that the name didn’t sound familiar and that none of our family
members bore that name. She then revealed that out of the N440, 000 she
collected from Mr Kennedy, my sister paid N430, 000 straight to Nwokpala
Michael’s account in the same Diamond bank. Ever since then, the bank has not
been able to assist the family in any way to locate my missing sister.
I then went to officially report the matter at the Central
Police Station, Onitsha and one Inspector Chukwu Martins, was assigned as the
Investigating Officer of the case. Later, they said we should go to SSID
department for call tracking where I paid for everything. The SSID brought the
flash, they couldn’t even open it and trace the communication. I was very
annoyed and frustrated. By then, I had spent so much time and resources without
any clue about my sister’s whereabouts.
TRANSFER TO FHQ, ABUJA
‘’At this point, I requested that the case be transferred to
Force Headquarters, Abuja. I wrote a petition to the Inspector-General of
Police and the case was assigned to the Special Task Force on Terrorism and
Heinous Crimes at Guzape, Abuja. I went there and I have been working with them
but they have not done much up till date considering the gravity of the case.
ENGAGEMETNT OF A PRIVATE EYE
They told me to get a private tracker named Williams, that
he will be of help if I can afford his bills. They later called Mr. Williams
and after bargaining, I started remitting money to him. I have paid him about a
Hundred thousand naira yet no positive result. The only thing he did was that
on February 28, 2015, the police asked me to come to Abuja that there was a
soft target at Idah that has been speaking with Nwokpala Michael and that if we
apprehend the soft target, he might lead us to him.
I quickly prepared for the journey and hired a Sienna bus
which took us to Idah Polytechnic in Kogi state. I went to there with three
police officers and two trackers. We arrested a lady called Abigail. We
couldn’t come back that day so, I lodged them in a hotel and in the morning, we
went back to Abuja.
RESULT OF TRIP TO IDAH
From the investigation carried out later, we found out that
the girl is also victim. She said she met Nwokpala Michael through a friend,
that he has a brother that is looking for a wife and she barely knew Michael
for three weeks and it was during that period that he was calling her about 20
times daily. Later, she was granted bail and we re-scheduled to meet on March
3, 2015. But, due to the fact that the trackers haven’t made any headway, I
stopped funding them. During that period, we also gathered from Abigail that
there is one Pastor Sam who is an accomplice with Michael. After this, both the
bank and police have not done anything further over the case.
FUTILE EFFORTS
‘’We have gone to several groups even in my church, some
said she is alive and that the hand that is holding her is very strong. It is
almost like we are going round a cycle without making much success. I want the
police to do all they can to rescue my sister. All what I want is my sister, it
is very painful that the bank has not done much for a long time. There was a
time the bank Manager stopped picking my calls.
There was also a time, out of frustration, I went to the
bank and created a scene. She called police officers to walk me out. Later, I
went back there and apologised. I want the bank to show concern because if it
were to be that my sister defrauded the bank, as the guarantor, I would have
been arrested. Now that the reverse is the case, the bank should also show
concern,’’’he stated.
Which kin story be this one? Things dey happen o! God protect us.
ReplyDeleteNa wa ooo hope she's found
ReplyDeleteHope she wasnt used for Xmas ritual.Lord v mercy.
ReplyDeleteThis is seriously out of this world! Bizarre stories! may God spare us from d evil of our time. Amen!
ReplyDeleteTouch and follow. Real voodoo.
ReplyDeleteI suspect hypnosis and touch and follow.so sad indeed!
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