Boyfriend of missing UNILAG student

Firstclass newsline gathered that a dancer, Samson Babarinde, and two
of his friends have been arrested by the police over the disappearance
of a 22-year-old student of the University of Lagos, Bunmi Oluwa.
It was gathered that Oluwa and Babarinde were dating each other.
The 300-level student, who lived with her sister in the Lekki area of
the state, was said to have been missing since Tuesday, May 12.
It was learnt that she had told her sister that she was going to
school on the fateful day but reportedly headed for a bar in Small
Kuramo, a neighbouring community, where Babarinde and his friends –
Patrick Okechukwu and Lucky Onuah – work as dancers.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Babarinde, who is also a mechanic,
took Oluwa to his house in Ijora, where she spent some days.
It was gathered that Oluwa's family had searched for her to no avail.
Firstclass newsline learnt that her father, Alhaji Taofeeq, eventually
reported the incident at the Ilasan Police Station after he was told
that she was with her lover.
Twenty-three-year-old Babarinde, who hails from the Ipokia Local
Government Area, Osun State, however, told the police that although
Oluwa came to his house, he had sent her packing when he learnt her
father was looking for her.
He added that while they were together, her aunt called her on the
phone to inquire about a sum of N15,000.
He said, "We met each other at Oganla bar in Small Kuramo. I wooed her
and she accepted. She told me she would be coming to my house every
Friday and be leaving on Monday.
"She came to my house in Ijora on Wednesday. The following day, her
sister told her on the phone that she should bring her N15,000. But
Bunmi (Oluwa) said she did not want to go home without the money. When
I learnt that her mum was coming here, I told her to go. I have not
seen her since then."
Okechukwu said he had warned his friend not to allow Oluwa sleep in
his house, but his advice was ignored.
"Bunmi came to the bar that fateful day and Samson (Babarinde) said
she was going to pass the night with him. Onuah and I advised him
against it, but he ignored us. I did not know about her whereabouts
after then," he said.
A police prosecutor, Inspector I. Okeke, on Monday, brought the three
suspects before a Tinubu Magistrate's Court on two counts of
abduction.
The charge read, "That you, Samson Babarinde, Patrick Okechukwu and
Lucky Onuah, on May 12, 2015 till date, at Small Kuramo, Lekki in the
Eti-Osa Local Government Area, within Lagos Magisterial District, did
conspire to commit felony to wit: abduction.
"That you, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned
magisterial district, did abduct one Bunmi Oluwa out of the custody of
her parent."
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges, which,
according to the police, contravene sections 409 and 266 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
The presiding magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi, admitted them to bail in
the sum of N50,000, with two sureties each in like sum.
Firstclassnewsline.net