From Tony Osauzo, Benin
The sudden disappearance of a 39 year-old man, Ebi Larry Agbomu, has thrown his parents into confusion and anguish in Benin, the Edo State capital.
The couple, Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Agbomu, who cried out to the public yesterday, said their son was arrested since May this year by police and there has not been any communication from him. They, therefore want the police to disclose his whereabouts.
They said they discovered the development after series of calls to their son’s cell phone were unsuccessful and then decided to check him in his rented apartment on Country Home Motel Road, Benin City, where his co-tenants told them what happened.
Speaking to journalists in Benin, the couple said they are worried over the incident and it is unheard of that policemen will invade someone’s residence without a warrant of Arrest and whisk him away like a criminal to an unknown destination.
They alleged that apart from the sudden disappearance of their son, vital valuables in his apartment were allegedly carted away, disclosing that petitions have been written to Edo State Police Commissioner Abutu Yaro, the Assistant Inspector General of police zone 5, Lawal Tanko Jemita and the police force headquarters Abuja Concerning the incident but all to no avail. They therefore, called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and President Muhammadu Buhari to come to their aide and tell the police to produce their son.
“When we did not hear from him, we decided to go to his neigbhours, who are co-tenants. It was one of them that now told us that when the police came, they were banging on his door and they thought they were armed robbers and they were afraid to come out but that when he peeped through the window, he now saw that it was police and that when he came down to ask them where they were taking to him to, he said they told him to go to his room because they did not come for him.”
On her part, Larry’s mother, Umutor Agbomu, said “They told me that police arrested my son and since then, I have not seen my son, I have not heard his voice. I have been looking for him, his phone is not reachable, I don’t know where the police have taken him to.”
Meanwhile, spokesman of Zone 5 Police, Tijani Momoh, had confirmed that the zone received the Couple’s petition.
“We have received the petition and we have taken statements from the complainant, we have called for the file from the State Command because that was where it was first reported but while waiting, we have commenced investigation to ascertain whether those who arrested him are police or not. There are so many actions we are taking that cannot be disclosed to the public now.”
