We’ve Not Seen Our Son Since Dec 2022, Family Cries Out
THE family of Ngwu Alumona of Umuameh, Aguibeje, Enugu- Ezike in Igbo- Eze North Local Council of Enugu State, has cried out over the whereabouts of their son, Mr. Chukwudi Godwin Ngwu, 42, who, according to them, has not been seen since December 2022.
Speaking with newsmen at Ogrute, Enugu- Ezike, headquarters of Igbo- Eze North Local Council, a spokesman for the family and Godwin’s uncle, Mr. Ifeanyi Ngwu, described the circumstances surrounding his nephew’s disappearance from public view as fussy.
He stated that the family feared that there might be a threat to his life as a result of which he might have gone into hiding for safety.
According to Ngwu, until his disappearance, Godwin was among the educated and courageous young persons in his village, who had devoted their time and money to working, amid the widespread insecurity in the area, to build peace and security in the community, until the military raid on an alleged unknown gunmen’s camp in the community and the subsequent arrest of the group’s fleeing female gunrunner, Ms. Amaka Onah, at Imufu, a neighbouring community, on December 23, 2022, truncated their peace- building programme, causing all and sundry to scamper for safety. “For my nephew, it was a case of double jeopardy,” Ngwu told journalists. “Don’t forget that at the height of the security crisis in Igbo- Eze North, hundreds of Enugu- Ezike indigenes, both those living at home and outside, were written to by the ‘ Boys’ ( as the suspected unknown gunmen are called in EnuguEzike) and directed to send money to them or refuse to meet their demand and face the consequences thereto. Although they did not follow through with their threats in a number of cases, several of those written to did, in fact, come to harm one way or another.”