Dangote cement chief: Family, friends want IGP’s support 3 months after disappearance

FAMILY, friends  and kinsmen  of  Olapade  Ojo odidie  , a former South South  Regional Director  at Dangote  Cement PLC, who was abducted  on the 22nd of April  2017  in Rivers State  have urged the Inspector General of Police , Ibrahim  Idris , the Rivers State government and other security agencies to intensify efforts  to rescue  the missing man

The wife and other family members of the missing  Dangote  Cement boss also described the last eighty four days without her husband as  “ harrowing “ but expressed her hope that the missing Olapade  would be rescued .

The family and friends of the missing Olapade  fondly called Pade also said that the abductors  had as the 83rd  day of the abduction yet to  contact them just as the  vehicle and mobile phone of the victim had been recovered by the police .”

Tope Orole  the coordinator of the Intervention Committee on Pade Ojoodide  , while speaking with journalists in Lagos  on  Friday said “  today marks the 83rd day  , since we last heard  or communicate with our brother  , who until his disappearance  was a Regional director , South South  with Dangote Cement PLC  and based in Warri , Delta State .”

He  continued that “ Olapade Ojoodide  travelled to Awka , Anambra State in the early hours of Saturday April 22nd 2017 to attend an official event , being hosted by one of the company’ s major  distributors “

Orolu , who is a member of the Ekiti  Panupo Group   , which the missing Olapade was a member until his abduction  also added that “ He attended the event with three other directors of the company , after which he was presumed to have travelled back to Asaba to check out of the hotel , where he lodged and thereafter headed to Warri  via Port Harcourt and since then , we have not heard from him.”

“ The case was immediately reported to the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt and the police authorities have been  investigating the matter  since then but without any breakthrough .” Orolu also added .

He also said that “ the police command confirmed the case as an abduction and has recovered his mobile phone and officials car , Prado Jeep , { black} with the Registration NO KSF580 DN  “

The coordinator of the team to rescue the missing Olapade  appealed that “ we are therefore using this opportunity to call on the Federal Government of Nigeria , the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force , Rivers State government and well – meaning Nigerians to come to our aid in the search and rescue of our brother    from his abductors.”

“ While we appreciate the recent efforts of the security agencies  aimed at tackling the menace   of kidnapping  and other crimes across the nation , we are worried that the continued delay in the rescue operations might lead to grave consequences  that are hard to imagine “  Orolu also said

He also said that “ the sad even of his abduction has brought untold hardship and pain to his wife , children and members of his immediate family  and Ekiti Parapo family at large .”

Wife of the missing Olapade , Rosemary , told journalists that “ the last eighty three days has been a very harrowing experience for me and my children . It is as if I have not had a trial in my life before ..This  is very serious .”

She also called for anybody with useful information that could help in rescuing her husband to come forward and help the family .

The woman also said that the family had not been contacted by the abductors and that she had not received any information on the development on the operation to rescue her husband over a long period of time.