Few weeks after he was announced missing, the lifeless body of Caleb Obarie has been found in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. This comes after Caleb’s parents released a video begging for help in finding their son who attended a Yacht party with friends after they were invited by a woman only for them to return without him. They stated that the friends and the woman should be questioned about what happened to their son.
Within Nigeria recalls that the 21-year-old Nigerian graduate went missing in August, after attending a yacht party with friends.
According to reports, Obari was invited to a party on a boat by Vera Topalova, owner of a BDSM-themed bar Iznanka in Odesa. Out of about 10 passengers on the boat, Obari was the only foreigner. The boat set sail from the Sauvignon Yacht Club in Odesa and went four kilometers out from the coast but returned without Obari.
Obari’s friends claimed to have waited for him after the party was over but then, the boat arrived without Obari. The passengers on the boat gave his personal belongings, including a mobile phone, to him without any explanation of what happened.
Few days after Obari’s disappearance, his friend, Topalova, took to Facebook to disclose that he invited him to the party but said he went swimming in the sea together with other guests and went missing which indicates he had drowned since he couldn’t swim. Obari’s disappearnce amde his friends storm social media with the hashtag #JusticeForCaleb and a protest was held near the Nigerian Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv on Aug 31.
