Precious Yusuf, a 23-year-old woman, was found dead along DLA Road in Asaba, Delta State’s capital, after meeting a man she connected with on the dating site iHappy.
According to a statement on Saturday by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, Precious’s body was discovered on Thursday along the road, and the police were alerted.
Upon visiting the scene, her body was recovered, and a preliminary investigation was conducted to ascertain her identity.
Following the investigation, the PPRO disclosed that Precious had informed her friend on Tuesday that she was going to see a man she had met on the dating site.
The friend reported that Precious called her on Wednesday to say she was returning home, and that was the last time she was heard from before her body was discovered.
Edafe stated, “Preliminary investigations revealed that on October 22, 2024, she told her friend that she was going to see a male friend she met on the iHappy dating website. She left the house on October 22 to meet the young man at Coka.
On October 23 at about 07:30 hours, she called her friend to say she was on her way home, and that was unfortunately the last time she made any contact, only for her body to be found the next day.
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