The family, friends and colleagues of a professor of Nuclear Physics, James Olomo, are anxious over the whereabouts of the academic.
Our correspondent gathered that Olomo, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, left his work place for Eket, Akwa Ibom State, for a private business in the middle of October. He had not been seen since then.
It was learnt that the professor had told some friends and relations on the telephone from Eket, on Saturday, October 19, of his departure to Lagos. He had yet to be seen in the state.
One of his friends, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity, said, “It was on his return journey to Lagos the next day through Calabar, Cross River State, that something went amiss. I am very sure about that”
It was learnt that when nothing was heard from the professor after a few days, one of his relatives in Lagos became worried and called OAU to be sure if Olomo changed his mind and had gone to Ile-Ife instead of coming to Lagos.
The initial enquiry soon turned to panic as nobody was able to contact him.
It was learnt that although the family had reported the matter to the police, nothing had turned up to suggest where the man was.
The family, however, expressed optimism that the professor would be found alive.
A statement by the family secretary, Sule Salami, read in part, “We appreciate efforts made so far by all the arms of security, colleagues, friends and his employers to solve the riddle of his disappearance, but we are sad that Olomo, whom we believe is alive, is still held incommunicado by some persons.”
The OAU management, however, said it was not treating Olomo’s disappearance as kidnapping, but rather, as a case of missing person.
A statement by the OAU Public Relations Officer, Biodun Olarewaju, said there was no enough evidence to conclude that he was kidnapped.
Olarewaju said, “One of our senior lecturers is missing. We have put the security agencies on the alert. We seek the intervention of public to provide information about his whereabouts to the nearest police station or the university management.
“All efforts to trace him have proved abortive. We don’t know if he has been kidnapped; but if he is, we expected that the abductors should have contacted either the school authority or his family for a ransom, but that has not been done.”
Head of Physics Department, OAU, Joshua Ojo, described his disappearance as shocking.
“We are indeed at a loss. Olomo has been instrumental to the development of this department and a very amiable person. We pray that he will be found very soon”, he said.
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