Ogun: Missing 70-year-old man found dead

A 70-year old man, Sikiru Olatunji, who was declared missing in Wasinmi-Imasayi, in Yewa North Local Government Area (LGA) Ogun state has been found dead.

Pa Olatunji was said to have gone to the farm since Friday, the 7th of February, 2025 and did not return, until his corpse, was found by the community’s security. 

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Imasayi, Aare Sanni Waheed, FCA who was at the scene stated that the discovery serves as a closure to the search operation.

He added that Pa Olatunji corpse was found around Ibese area, boundary with Imasayi with his face up, while his farming tools were beside him. 

“It is very surprising, and we are not happy about this incident. This is a very kind and supportive man in the community. 

“Many of my men have been in the bush since Friday searching for him, only to discover his body today. It is very unfortunate, a local hunter declared. 

“We found him faced up, his farming tools were beside him, and no form of attack or strangulation was noticed on his body. 

The Baale of Wasinmi-Imasayi, Chief Taiwo Akinola, while reacting to the incident, lauded the security agencies in the community for the search operation, adding that the deceased family can finally have a closure to the missing septuagenarian. 

He, however, called on government to further beam it’s health facilities into the rural areas, especially for the elderly in order to forestall exhaustion amongst the aged community. 

Meanwhile, the Olu of Imasayi, Oba Lukman Adeleke Kuoye, noted that despite the body had no traces of attack, he is, however, not ruling out the influx of herdsmen into the community as a factor. 

“Thank God I was one of the Obas that joined the State Chairman of Ogun State Council of Obas, His Majesty, Oba Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle, at his private residence today to receive the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Ogunlowo, at his private palace in Ilaro-Yewa on a familiarization visit to the monarch. 

“This issue of herdsmen took a centre stage during the interractive session. We cannot rule out the herdsmen, because once they have been sent away from Ibese, the neighbouring community was the next habitat for them, and once they have perpetrated their evil act, they run away from that zone.

“We are appealing to the Ogun CP, that the resolution of the last joint meeting on security, on the issue of herdsmen at Ibese should be implemented so that we will not be doubting ourselves when issues like this happens.

“If postmortem is carried out on the deceased, we cannot rule out the herdsmen from this case”, the monarch said.