A 44-year-old UK returnee, Samson Onotakaroma Agidotan, who was kidnapped and killed in Delta State has been buried.
Friend of the deceased, Omoike Erewele disclosed this
in a facebook post on Friday, May 29, 2026 saying he wasn't aware of the tragic
incident until Samson's wife contacted him on Thursday.
According to him, Samson's wife said he had returned
to Nigeria to meet his family when he was kidnapped on January 24, 2026.
His lifeless body was discovered in a bush on February
17.
Samson was laid to rest in his hometown, Okpanam on
May 22.
Omoike described Samson as a humble, kind, peaceful
and hardworking man.
“Life is truly unpredictable. Yesterday around 9pm
while driving from Peterborough to London on the M25, I received a strange
phone call from a woman asking if I knew someone named Samson,” he wrote.
"I told her I knew different people with that
name and that I was driving, so she could call me back later. But from her
voice, I could already sense that something was terribly wrong.
"She later sent me a picture, and to my greatest
shock, it was my very close friend here in the UK from Sapele.
"I immediately confirmed that I knew him very
well. I had even tried calling him some days ago, but his UK number was
switched off, which was unusual.
"Then she sent me his obituary. I was completely
speechless. She explained that she was his wife and that she got my number from
a phone he had previously gifted to their daughter.
"She told me he travelled to Nigeria and was
kidnapped. Days later, his lifeless body was discovered in the bush in Asaba.
"What a painful world we live in. A good man gone
just like that.
"This has deeply shaken me because he was
honestly one of the best people I met in the UK, humble, kind, peaceful,
hardworking, and full of life. It is heartbreaking to know that his wife and
daughter are now left behind with this pain.
"May his soul rest in perfect peace. May God
comfort and strengthen his family. And may we all value life and the people
around us, because tomorrow is never promised.
Comr Omoike."
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