feels the pulse of relations of persons declared missing for some years and their expectations of reuniting with them some day
Florence said, “When security agents tracked my daughter’s phone, we discovered that the person she last contacted was one Daniel Chukwuma admitted that she told him she was coming to his place on that day but did not get there. Daniel said when he tracked Joy’s mobile, it was believed that she probably might have been kidnapped within the neighbourhood around Awka and Neni where her location showed. When we called, her number rang but no one picked up the call.
Daniel, who spoke with our correspondent, claimed that Joy didn’t inform him of the time she left her house. He stated that she told him she would visit in the evening of that day, noting that when he tried to call her at noon, she declined the call and sent a text that she was in church. The tracker, identified only as Nelson, told our correspondent that he could only grant details of the search in a physical meeting in his office. He later obliged to speak and fixed a date. But several attempts to reach him were futile as of the time of filing this report.The International Committee of the Red Cross stated that Nigeria accounted for more than half of the total number of missing persons in Africa.
Ebenezer added that it was the stage the search began, calling her siblings, dad, and a few relatives who converged on the house. She further said that the family was optimistic that she would return back. Ebenezer stated, “As Yoruba and Nigerians, there is a belief that when someone dies, he or she reveals himself or herself to at least one member of the family. That has yet to happen in our case. In fact, we have the feeling that she will be back, so we hold on to the hope and belief and we are still praying about it.’’
He explained that in the process of searching for her, their mother was involved in a motor accident which claimed her life.