UPDATED: Anambra Police Unaware Of ‘Missing’ Wedding Guests

The Anambra Police Command said it is unaware of the five missing travellers from Lagos State, who reportedly went incommunicado after a layover in the state.

Human Rights Advocate Harrison Gwamnishu shared complaints from a concerned individual late Wednesday about how his friends could not be reached over 24 hours after they departed Lagos.

Attached to the post were pictures of the alleged missing individuals and their names.

The individuals are Aliu Opeyemi, Anifowose Promise, Femi Anigeloye, Alex and Femi.

From the complaints, the travellers from Lagos were heading to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Capital for a wedding, and decided to lay over in a hotel in Anambra before proceeding with the journey the following day.

The post read: “They left Shimawa-Lagos yesterday; they called around 7:00pm yesterday that they have gotten to Asaba and looking for where to eat.

“After an hour they continued the trip and got to Anambra and they concluded on sleeping in a hotel and continue the journey this morning.

“The last time we spoke with them was around 10:00pm when we believed they were already tired and needed some little rest.

“So this morning around 6:16AM; one of them posted his wife on WhatsApp status to wish her a happy birthday, and that was the last time we get any means of communication with them.

“We tried to call five of them it was switched off, both on WhatsApp and phone calls. At about 10:30AM today, one of their phone rang severally and no one pick up the call and later the phone was switched off till now.

“We have contacted Anambra Police Command and no news yet. Please help us to broadcast this sir. Wedding is tomorrow (4 male friends) and (Groom sister). That’s five.”

When asked if the command received any such complaint about missing travellers in the state, the spokesperson of Anambra Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga simply said, “No”.

In a follow-up statement by the command, Ikenga requested that the families or relatives of the victims report to the Police Headquarters for more insight on the incident.

The statement read partly: “The Command joins the publisher to seek useful information for the Police and other security agencies to enable them to take necessary action.

“Further to this, the Command requests the family or relatives of the victims to report to the Police Headquarters for more insight on the incident.

“So far, there has not been any report like that before in any Police Division or Formation in the State.

“The Command under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu occasionally reviews operational strategies and implements security initiatives to enhance safety, foster community engagement and uphold the rule of law.

“Given, the above the recent security assessment and feedback reveal that Ndi Anambra are exhausted with criminals threatening their peace, and destroying economic activities of the State, especially on Monday and has shown more commitment to collaborate with the security agencies to fish out the bad eggs in the State.

“To this end, members of the public are encouraged to report to the Police and/or any security outfit on any security-related incident. Otherwise, they should call us on 07039194332 for a prompt response.

“The ‘npf rescue me app’ is also available for free download on both Android and Apple IOS device, for Android and iPhone users respectively.”