“Tell Me If He’s Dead!” — Wife Cries Out Over Missing Globacom Manager

“Tell Me If He’s Dead!” — Wife Cries Out Over Missing Globacom Manager

The wife of a Globacom employee, Mr Olaoluwa Adetona, has appealed to the telecommunications company, security agencies and other relevant authorities to urgently clarify the whereabouts of her husband, who she said has been missing since May 6, 2025.

Adetona, a 49-year-old roll-out manager with Globacom, was allegedly abducted in Imo State while carrying out an official assignment, according to his wife, Funmi Adetona, 46.

Speaking with journalists, Funmi said she decided to make a public appeal after more than a year without seeing or speaking with her husband.

She said Olaoluwa travelled to Imo State on official duty and was carrying out a site acquisition assignment with two expatriates who had reportedly travelled from Lagos when the incident occurred.
According to her, she became suspicious on the evening of May 6, 2025, when she called her husband’s phone and an unidentified person answered.

She said the person initially told her that he would hand the phone to Olaoluwa when he saw him but allegedly became abusive when she called again and asked to speak with her husband.

Funmi said she subsequently contacted her husband’s housemaid in Imo State, who informed her that he had also been unable to reach Olaoluwa.

It was later, she said, that she was informed that her husband had allegedly been kidnapped.

“I called my husband around 9pm. They did not reach out to us from the office. Nobody contacted me until I called and started making inquiries.”

The distraught wife said she was later informed that the two expatriates who were reportedly with Olaoluwa had been released, while her husband remained unaccounted for.

She said the development heightened the family’s concerns and raised questions about why the expatriates had been released while her husband was still missing.

Funmi further alleged that individuals who had possession of her husband’s phone demanded N1 million before she could speak with him.

She said she informed some of his colleagues about the demand but was advised not to call the number again because the company was reportedly handling the matter.

According to her, she was subsequently informed that ransom payments had been made and that Olaoluwa would be released.

However, she said the promised release never occurred.

“They said they were bringing him back in the course of the week. It happened on a Tuesday. All through Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, they were saying they were bringing him.”

The family, she said, was left frustrated as it could neither establish what had happened to Olaoluwa nor obtain direct communication with him.

Funmi said she travelled to Lagos to meet Globacom officials, including the Head of the Roll-out Department and the company’s Chief Security Officer, in an attempt to obtain information about her husband.

According to her, the family was initially told that the company was unaware of the incident before officials later acknowledged that they had heard about it.

The family also travelled to Imo State and visited the police over the matter, she said.

Funmi alleged that the police informed the family that a confrontational meeting involving Globacom officials was necessary as part of efforts to clarify the circumstances surrounding the disappearance.

Despite repeated visits and inquiries, she said the family had yet to receive a satisfactory explanation.

“What is it that you are working on from May, June, July, August, September and November? At the end of the day, they couldn’t tell us anything. They kept saying they were working on it.”

Funmi said the family eventually returned to Lagos in November 2025 after receiving little information, although assurances that efforts were being made to resolve the matter continued.

She alleged that Globacom officials later visited the family to express concern and reassure them, but that communication subsequently stopped.

‘My Children Keep Asking for Their Daddy’
The prolonged disappearance, she said, had taken a heavy emotional toll on the family, particularly Olaoluwa’s three children.

“My children are not seeing their daddy and they keep asking me every day, ‘Where is their dad?’ I tell them that he went on a trip and that he is coming back very soon.

“But it is over a year now. How long do I continue telling them that? Before this happened, he used to come home every fortnight to check on us. Now, for more than a year, we have not seen him.”
Funmi also disclosed that the disappearance had affected Olaoluwa’s immediate family.

She said her father-in-law died on April 6, 2026, after reportedly becoming emotionally distressed over the disappearance of his son. The family recently buried him, she said.

She added that her mother-in-law had also become seriously ill and could no longer walk without assistance.

‘If He Is Dead, Give Us Proof’
The family also questioned information concerning Olaoluwa’s vehicle, which Funmi said they were told had been recovered after allegedly coming under gunfire.

She said the family inspected the vehicle but did not see evidence that conclusively established that her husband had been killed.

“We saw the vehicle. There is no way somebody would be shot and there would not be a splash of blood in the vehicle. There was no drop of blood.
“How could you tell me he might have been shot? Maybe the bullet hit him and he died somewhere. Even if he is dead, give us proof. There is no proof that he is dead.”

Funmi stressed that she was not accusing any individual or organisation of wrongdoing but was demanding clarity over the circumstances surrounding her husband’s disappearance.

She appealed to Globacom and security agencies to intensify efforts to locate Olaoluwa and provide the family with credible information about his fate.
“I don’t know. Are they playing on us? They should produce my husband.”

Lawyer Writes Globacom
Funmi said the family had recently engaged a lawyer to formally communicate with Globacom over the matter.

According to her, the lawyer had written about four letters to the company seeking clarification and action concerning the disappearance.
She said earlier attempts by lawyers representing the family to obtain a satisfactory response had not yielded the desired result.

The wife also disclosed that Globacom continued paying her husband’s salary into her account in September 2025, despite his continued absence.
She said the payment further strengthened the family’s desire to know the company’s position regarding Olaoluwa’s status.

“Globacom should produce my husband. At least the expatriates, they have them. My husband is a Nigerian. Why are they not looking for him? Why are they not doing anything about it?”

As of the time of filing this report, the family said it was still awaiting a clear account of what happened to Olaoluwa and where he is.

The family is therefore calling for renewed efforts by Globacom, security agencies and other relevant stakeholders to establish the fate and whereabouts of the missing employee.

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