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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Ebonyi police beg for information over missing corps member

The corps member left his lodge at Abakaliki on November 9, at 6:00 p.m., and has since not returned.

• November 17, 2021
Ebonyi Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba
Ebonyi Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba

The Ebonyi police have urged members of the public to volunteer any useful information on a missing national youth service corps member in the state to the nearest station.

In a statement issued in Abakiliki on Tuesday by the command spokesperson, Loveth Odah, the male corps member, 24-year-old Victor Omah, was declared missing on November 11.

“Omah is a serving corps member with the Agency for Mass Literacy, located along old Enugu-Abakaliki Road by Presbyterian Church Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki.

“He hails from Adekafane Ugwolawo in Ofu L.G.A of Kogi State and was declared missing by his roommate, Ujah Innocent, in the company of Mordi Onoche, an NYSC Inspector in charge of Abakaliki Local Government Area of the State.

“According to Mr Innocent, the victim left their lodge at National Association Of Catholic Church Corps Members (NACC) Family House, Behind Hope-in Hotel Presco Junction, Abakaliki, on November 9 by 6:00 p.m. to an unknown destination and has not returned till date,” the spokesperson explained.

She further said that the command had disseminated the information through its control room and other police formations within the command.

“The command is intensifying efforts to trace the missing person. He is dark in complexion, five feet tall, speaks Igala dialect and English language fluently, and has no tribal mark.

“All efforts made to trace the victim as of the time of this publication has proved abortive,” Ms Odah said.

The public is asked to report his whereabouts or call the NYSC inspector with the phone number 08058133173 and the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) on 08064944617.

(NAN)

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