Mrs Rosemary Obidinma, a resident of Ibafo in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, was reported missing but has since passed away.
The mother of five was last seen leaving her shop in Apapa, Lagos, on November 2, according to the report.
It was said that she last spoke to her son Daniel at about 10:00 p.m.
From the report, a man answered the phone and warned Daniel and his siblings not to call the line again, saying that he was in Delta state.
The Divisional Police Officer at Ketu Police Station, where a report had been made earlier, had called Daniel and his uncle, Emmanuel Iffi, on Friday to come and identify the corpse of a victim of a one-chance robbery, according to Daniel, who spoke with our correspondent on Sunday.
In Lagos, a practice known as “one-chance” is common, where commuters are robbed by hoodlums driving commercial cars that are typically occupied by their gang members who pose as passengers.
Daniel said: “He (DPO) said the police had been trying to locate the family members of the corpse without success and the moment he showed us the picture of the corpse, it was my mother.
“We learnt from the police that she was stabbed by one-chance robbers and she bled to death.
“Her body is still in a mortuary, but by Tuesday this week, we will take the body to our village for burial.”
The state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, had yet to react to the development as of the time of filing this report.
