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The Anambra State Police Command has appealed to the public for relevant information regarding five individuals who were declared missing while transiting through the state.

PUNCH Online learnt that reports circulating on social media claim that the travellers, who left Lagos for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, became unreachable after a stopover in Anambra.

Human Rights Advocate, Harrison Gwamnishu, amplified the concerns on Wednesday by sharing a complaint from a worried acquaintance of the missing individuals.

He posted their photos and names on his Facebook page, stating that they had not been heard from more than 24 hours after leaving Lagos for a wedding.

According to the report, the group had planned to spend the night at a hotel in Anambra before continuing their journey the next 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 phones rang severally and no one pick up the call and later the phone was switched off till now.

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

Reacting to the development in a press statement released on Thursday, the spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the police have intercepted the information on the alleged missing persons.

Ikenga, however, urged the social media and the publisher to collaborate with the police and other security agencies to offer useful information to enable them to take necessary action.

Ikenga said, “The Anambra State Police Command today 22nd May 2025 intercepted a social media publication stating that five persons on transit in Anambra to seek for accommodation got missing.

The command s 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.”

According to him, the Command 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 reveals 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, 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 on both Android and Apple IOS device, for Android and iPhone s respectively,” Ikenga added.

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May God keep them safe wherever they are

Nothing will happen to them...God will protect them

G

maybe soludo boys don pick em

May God protect them on their journey. In the past, whenever you get to Onitsha from the North/South/ West, you call those that bade you goodbye to rejoice with you as you are now home and in a peaceful area but now when you get to Onitsha from North/South/West, you call the people that bade you farewell to you in prayers as you just entered a danger zone!

I'm from Anambra and it saddens me hearing bad news like this in my state. We are not known to be like this and and it still baffles me how criminality entered so deep and continue to grow like this. Things we hear in other places before are now happening in our beloved land daily. May God help us to flush away criminals and criminal elements since security agents has failed us.

But why would they stopped at Anambra of all places?

Nigeria needs a full system overhaul

Two of my brothers are part of those who are missing. Alex and Promise

We need all the help we can get at this time

dododawa1:


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ANAMBRA STATE . . May God protect them from Evil,ESN,IPOBIDIENTS TERRORISTS

This one when police don dey find them,I can't say check the police station.. Let them check hospitals and mortuaries. If they can track their phones to where they last made calls.. They will definitely be found,but the prayer is for them to be found alive

May God intervene in their situation and keep them safe in Jesus name.

Heard there was sit at home in the east for 3 days, I hope they are safe

OK ,


Princess Faith Chukwu

1000 ways to die in Nigeria

abc115:
But why would they stopped at Anambra of all places?

What happened to stopping at Anambra?

They're safe. They'll reach out

God please intervene and keep them safe, in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

chrisdolly:
Two of my brothers are part of those who are missing. Alex and Promise

We need all the help we can get at this time

Find someone to check the police stations in Anambra. E no dey hard for police to find one allegation to place on someone to extort them.


I when some of my friends were heading to a wedding in Ondo State. They lost with us. For more than 24 hours and we feared for the worst. It eventually turned out their private vehicle hit another vehicle and so the policemen involved threw them inside a cell.

Una see asaba, Una no lodge, na Anambra Una come lodge. A distance of 2kms

Shock 😲

nickae:
Heard there was sit at home in the east for 3 days, I hope they are safe

I live in the east and I heard nothing of this sort.

I don't always long distance trips for anything that's not business. My personal opinion ooo

Myrepublic:
This one when police don dey find them,I can't say check the police station.. Let them check hospitals and mortuaries. If they can track their phones to where they last made calls.. They will definitely be found,but the prayer is for them to be found alive

E go shock you say them dey one police station in Anambra, arrested illegally.

Police hold them

nickae:
Heard there was sit at home in the east for 3 days, I hope they are safe

You always hear fake news

Really

The news about insecurity in Anambra is becoming alarming these days. Kidnapping, human trafficking, human rituals. But I often hear that the Governor fixing the insecurity abi na just mouth

dododawa1:


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sad, I saw the story on FB and I just hope and pray they are all found alive…….but people still get mind oo, travelling to an unsafe place like Anambala if I no get money for flight ticket, i will rathe stay behind than risk my life by road