Man begs IGP over missing wife

Mr Ayowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has urged Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, to help in locating his missing wife, Corporal Ruth Ayowole, while on official duty in Abia State.

Adekonipekun disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Osogbo that his wife, carrying service number 068986, was serving with the Anti-Robbery Unit of Osun Police Command.

The husband stated that Ruth and four of her colleagues went missing on February 13 after an ambush during their official assignment to Abia State.

Adekonipekun said that his wife and other officers left Osogbo on February 12 and passed the night at an hotel in Asaba.

According to him, he later learnt that they were ambushed between Anambra and Abia states.

“I chatted with my wife till around 8:10am on February 13 before they set out for the journey, but two hours later, when I tried to contact her, her number was not reachable.

“I later lodged a complaint with the officer in-charge of the Anti-Robbery Unit, and the Commissioner of Police, who informed me that they had sent a follow-up team to verify the state of the missing officers.

”It was later we heard that one of the officers named Sodiq, had escaped the ambush and returned to Osogbo, but didn’t know what happened to the rest of the team.”

The police woman’s husband stated that there had been no updates regarding the missing officers ever since.

When contacted, the Police Public Relation Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osun, disclose that the command and that of Imo State, as well as the Army, had been working immensely to find the missing officers.