Body of a 26-year-old Chartered Accountant, Miss Lateefat Adewura Belo, who was declared missing on Wednesday, 15th May  has been found floating in a canal at Gowon Estate, Egbeda, Lagos State.

Miss Adewura Belo Lateefat was announced missing on May 15th while returning from her office at Ikeja and heading home to Gowon Estate, Egbeda.

After days of intense search an publicity, she has been found dead in a canal at the Estate.

Her last contact with family member was at Cement Bus-Stop, Lagos. The next time the family tried to call her, the phone had been switched off.

The story behind this crucial death is still unfolding as the Nigeria Police is expected to give a report as the disappearance of Adewura and eventual discovery in a canal has been described as mystifying.

According to family members, while Lateefat’s body was found floating in a canal at Gowon Estate, her phone was tracked and found at Badagry area of the state.

She left the office on May 15th, about 6p.m., in a colleague’s car. The colleague was said to have dropped her off at Medical Road, opposite Ikeja bus terminal, where she would board a bus.

According to her mother, Mrs. Belo, “When her sister called her, she said she was on her way home. That was the last time we heard from her.”

Meanwhile, grieved Nigerians via Linda Ikeji Blog have shared their thought terrible demise of the promising Chartered accountant and graduate of the University of Lagos(Unilag).

Some blame the government of Lagos state for poor drainage system, while others say it,s  poor security. Some also shared their experience.

Read their thoughts:

My fellow brethren, God delivered me from the hands of those I suspect to be ritualists. I boarded an SUV at Berger after the bridge, at the first filling station right after the bridge heading towards Ibadan. I was on my way to Benin. Long story short, the driver and his female passenger began incantations immediately I got into the car.


Suddenly, I felt heavy and almost drifted into sleep. Then i remembered what my Pastor, David Oyedepo (Bishop) always says “a closed mouth is a closed destiny”. Immediately, I began praying in tongues. They noticed I was praying and kept making incantations. Then I made my prayers (in tongues) louder as the urge to sleep was too strong. ‘




Their own incantations went louder too. It was a spiritual battle. Long story short, God delivered me from them and they dropped me off just before Redeemed Camp. Brethren, that day, I understood the power in praying in the spirit (tongues). May our lives never be cut short. Amen. May the family of the deceased find strength in these trying times. Sad indeed.