HOMICIDE EXCLUSIVE: The story of the murder of manicurist Faith Okosun in Abuja

Olaolu Bilau, in Abuja –

The Nigeria Police homicide unit in Abuja is currently set against the uphill task of uncovering the perpetrator of the gruesome murder of 43-year-old manicurist Faith Okosun on September 13, 2025.

Speaking during an exclusive chat in Abuja, Oyinye, a friend of the deceased, told WESTERN POST that Faith had on Thursday, September 11, notified family and friends that her boyfriend (name withheld) would be visiting from Plateau State.

“She said after that Thursday (September 11) she would not be coming to her shop on Friday and Saturday and that she wants to stay with her boyfriend,” Oyinye informed WESTERN POST.

The boyfriend, who hails from Benue State, travelled to Abuja. Neighbours confirmed seeing the two together.

However, on the evening of Saturday, September 13, things took a different turn. Calls made to Faith’s mobile phone rang ceaselessly without any response. Anxious, one of her siblings rushed to the one-room apartment Faith occupies in Galadimawa, Abuja. But the room was locked with no traces of Faith and her visitor.

With an extra key the room was opened; they met Faith on her bed gasping for breath. Thick blood oozed from her nostrils. But her boyfriend was missing.

She was rushed to a hospital where she was confirmed dead. Police came in to evacuate her remains and commence an investigation into her death.

Oyinye told WESTERN POST that what happened to Faith remains unclear.

However, the broken, blood-stained pestle found in her room and the injury on the frontal part of her head suggest she might have been hit on the forehead. Her mobile phone was also missing from the crime scene.

Faith’s family members said following the incident, pictures of the deceased with her boyfriend have been removed from his social media account. The boyfriend’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Faith Okosun graduated from the Nasarawa State Polytechnic, where she met her boyfriend in 2017. They have had an on-and-off relationship, WESTERN POST learnt..

Until her demise, Faith worked as a manicurist in her studio at Prince and Princess, opposite Kaura Model Market, Abuja, where friends are now raising funds to complement the police investigation into the mystery surrounding her gruesome murder.