Narrow Escape For Nigerian Lady Who Went For An Online Date

It was a narrow escape for a Nigerian lady who went for an online date in Abuja, but ended up being tied down ostensibly for some thing sinister by her supposed host.

The 25-year-old woman, Promise Eze,  got rescued by the Abuja command of the Nigeria Police from the hotel where she was held hostage by an online date.

The woman had fallen prey to the suspect, who introduced himself as Michael Prince but later identified himself as Emmanuel Okoro.

Spokesperson of the Abuja command of the Nigeria Police., Josephine Adeh, while providing details of the incident, said the police acted upon a distress call from a hotel in the Wuse area of the FCT.

The officers were stunned by what they saw upon arriving at the hotel: they met Eze tied to a small chair with her mouth covered in plaster, and lying on the floor unconscious: an online date was being turned into something else.

They immediately sprang into action, rescuing the woman and rushing her to the Wuse District Hospital.

“On January 31, 2025, at approximately 11:30 AM, the command received a distress call from a hotel in the Wuse area of the FCT, reporting suspicious activity in one of their rooms.

“Responding swiftly, police operatives arrived at the scene and discovered a 25-year-old woman, Promise Eze, from Ebonyi State, tied to a small chair with her mouth covered in plaster.

“She was found unconscious and in distress.

“Officers acted immediately, freeing her from captivity and rushing her to the Wuse District Hospital, where she was resuscitated”, the statement partly read.

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Providing additional background to what happened, the police spokesperson, said preliminary investigations showed that Eze had met the suspect online and the he had presented himself as an oil company employee based in Delta State.

He had also initially invited Eze to visit him in Delta State which she rejected, however agreeing to meet him in Abuja instead.

They then checked into the hotel the previous morning, January 30, and while Eze prepared her mind to be treated as an online date, her host had other ideas, sinister ones so to say.

“Preliminary investigations revealed a disturbing pattern of deception and violence.

“The victim had checked into the hotel a day earlier, on January 30, 2025, at about 7:00 AM, in the company of a man who identified himself as Emmanuel Okoro from Lagos State.

“However, during police questioning, the victim disclosed that she had met the suspect online, where he introduced himself under the alias Michael Prince, claiming to be an oil company employee based in Delta State.

“Initially, he invited her to Delta State, but after she declined, they agreed to meet in Abuja.”

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Adeh added that Eze said Okoro brandished a dagger to threaten her before tying her up and taping her mouth inside the hotel’s bathroom.

“What was meant to be an innocent meeting turned into a harrowing ordeal.

“The suspect allegedly brandished a dagger, using it to threaten and subdue the victim before restraining her by tying her hands and legs and taping her mouth shut inside the bathroom.

“He then fled the scene, stealing her two mobile phones.

“Alarmingly, before escaping, the victim overheard him speaking to suspected accomplices over the phone, informing them that he was on his way to regroup before returning to the hotel to ‘finish the job,’” the statement added.

Adeh said the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, condemned the incident and advised young women against about the dangers of meeting strangers online without proper caution.