The families of two young women Celine Ndudim and Afiba Tandor who went missing after they visited a man Andrew Amechi in Aba, Abia State have called on the police to provide answers as they believe they are still alive.
Ndudim met Amechi on social media. They chatted for some time before he invited her to visit him in Aba.
Tandor, a Ghanaian, paid her friend Ndudim a visit and decided to accompany her to see Amechi in Aba.
Shortly after the visit, they cried for help saying Amechi had kidnapped them.
Ndudim’s sister Tessy told BBC News Pidgin that she got a call on April 27 from her sister’s friend who said Ndudim sent her a WhatsApp message that she and Tandor had been kidnapped by the man they went to visit in Aba.
Tessy said the case was immediately reported to the police.
The police earlier said they recovered one body close to the place where the girls shared their last location before their phones went off.
Reports say the body discovered was headless with other body parts missing.
“The police would have rescued my sister and her friend that week I reported to them but they didn’t take it serious. They told me it was a gradual process and that wherever they are, they will not be harmed,” she said.
Tessy said the response from the police made her petition Police Zone 9 in Umuahia which gave an order for them to check out the same location that the women shared before their phones went off.
She said police from Umuahia Command were the ones that got Amechi arrested.
Tessy called on Abia State Government to intervene, adding that the family has been heartbroken over the incident.
Tandor’s husband told the news platform that he was in contact with his wife from Accra, Ghana to Lagos then to Owerri before she and her friend got to Port Harcourt and travelled to Aba but became worried when she no longer responded to chats.
He said he was not happy with the way the police handled the matter.
He said he did not believe that the body recovered was for one of the women unless a DNA test is conducted.
Meanwhile, it was reported on May 31, 2024 that Amechi died during a gunfire between police and some vigilantes while Amechi was been transferred from Aba to Abuja.
Tandor’s husband said he does not believe Amechi has been killed unless he sees the body.
“Andrew Amechi is a sociopath that even British police declared wanted so he is not a person the police can handle like a small child. Let them find and rescue my wife and ensure justice is served on the matter,” he said.
Blogger Harrison Gwamnishu, who has been following the case, said he visited a mortuary and saw Amechi’s body.
The police are yet to release a statement on the matter.
Also, the news platform said it could not get comments from Force PRO Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
