Osatawaji Otuene, Justina Otuene’s elder brother, has revealed more people threatened his family after his sister was reported missing and subsequently found murdered in October.

In a PUNCH interview on Sunday, Osatawaji said that his family received phone calls from unknown persons after they reported Justina, a University of Port Harcourt student, missing at a police station.

One of the callers demanded a ransom of N2 million when another had previously told them that they would never see Justina again.

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“When we went to police headquarters and reported the case [of Justina going missing] to the control room, they aired it. When we returned from the police station, we started receiving calls,” Osatawaji said.

“We got a call from someone who threatened us. The person said that because we reported to the police, we were not going to see my sister again. My mum called me to say that somebody had spoken to her. When I returned the call, the receiver did not say anything but later, I heard a female voice. When I asked her what she wanted, she said she didn’t want anything.

“She said there was a difference between being kidnapped and missing. That I should not call that number again and she ended the call. That was the last call we received that Sunday. Other normal calls started coming later. The next day (Monday) another person called and demanded a ransom of N2m. He said we should get the money ready so he was going to call again in two days.”

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Osatawaji said that his family did not pay the ransom. Barely a few days after, Justina’s decomposing remains were found in Damian Collins, the prime suspect’s apartment.

Osatawaji was at Mini-Okoro Police Station in Port Harcourt working with the anti-kidnaping unit when he received a phone call about a dead body reported at Ozuoba Police Station. Then came the confirmation that it was indeed Justina’s corpse.

Osatawaji also said that his sister did not deserve the narrative that she was a materialistic lady who dated the suspect despite suspicion that he was a fraudster.

“The truth is that she dated him two years ago and she didn’t have anything to do with him after then. So, the narrative that is going around that she was dating a Yahoo Yahoo boy and liked a flashy lifestyle is wrong,” Osatawaji said.

“They dated but they broke up a long time ago. Before this incident, she was not his girlfriend. They dated, I think, two years ago, in 2021. That was a very long time and they didn’t contact each other after they broke up till, I believe, in 2023. If they had had any contact before then I would have known.

“Even if she hid it from me, I know that they didn’t have contact because I spoke to my sister’s best friend who gave me information that the guy who killed my sister texted her in June 2023. Though she didn’t give me the precise date, that guy texted her and asked for my sister’s phone number. That was the Information I received. They didn’t have anything together for a long time.

“I’m not happy with everything that is being said in the media because if she was in a relationship for the money, she wouldn’t have broken up (with him) in the first place, and mind you, they broke up in 2021. The murderer got my sister’s phone number from her best friend in June 2023.

“Again, there are statements that my sister was materialistic. It is wrong. She was my sister and I know the kind of person she was. The truth needs to be out there. My sister did not deserve that narrative at all because it is not correct.”