The mother of Chelsea midfielder, J ohn Mikel Obi, Mrs. Rose Obi, whose husband was kidnapped last Friday, yesterday denied reports that his kidnappers have established contact with the family.
Mrs. Obi who spoke to LEADERSHIP last night on phone said that it was only the car, a Mercedes Benz, that was recovered somewhere around Kwall Falls, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
She said that, “we have not been contacted and as such we don’t know his present location.
She further stressed that, “as I told you, we have only recovered the car through the assistance of somebody who saw it and reported to us.”
According to her, they are still expecting a call from the kidnappers and added that there was non yet as at the time of the interview.
Apparently corroborating Mrs Obi, the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Dipo Ayeni, said that he was not aware that the kidnappers had contacted the family.
He also confirmed the recovery of the car and added that they were making frantic efforts to get to the root of the matter.
“ We are deploying all our intelligence network and we are working round the clock to ensure that he was rescued,” the Commissioner said.
Older John Obi was declared missing six days ago in the Tin City of Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Our correspondent who visited his inter-state transport company located at Angwan soya called “God’s will is the best”, one of the managers named Maxwell told our reporter that since the disappearance of the old Man last Friday, he has not been found and there is no information to his family as to his where about .
He said that after the disappearance of the old man, his cell lines were going through unpicked, but were later switched off till date.
Meanwhile, Barkin Ladi local government Area council in Plateau state has denied the speculated discovery of a mass grave in Heipang.
The speculation became rife after the violent crisis that broke out in parts of the council on Sunday.
A competent source told LEADERSHIP that the mass grave issue was allegedly raised by some members of the Special Task Force, STF, but a visit to the area revealed that there was no such grave even as the council confirmed that two corpses of unidentified persons were recovered.
Journalists who visited the trouble spots around Barkin Ladi discovered to their disappointment that no such grave was found, even as no official comment has been made by the STF hierarchy or the state police command on the matter.
It was gathered that one of the corpses was that of someone alleged to have been shot by people suspected to be soldiers when he failed to stop when asked to do so, while the other was deposited at a government hospital in the area.
Chairman of the council, Mr. Emmanuel Lomang who spoke with newsmen denied allegations by the STF that vigilante groups in the area challenged their men which further heat up the situation in the area.
He disclosed that four identity cards belonging to members of the STF were found at the scene of the incident, while others were equally picked by the road side by youths in the area.
In the meantime, member representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom federal constituency, Hon. Simon Mwadkom has called for an overhaul of the entire security apparatus in the troubled areas across the country.
He said that during a visit to the affected areas, his discovery was quite devastating, and advised the youths to remain calm as he was sure everything was being done by the federal and state governments` to bring the situation under control.
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