The Enugu State Police Command has stated the seek for lacking Flourish Uzodimma was not deserted.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, additionally dismissed a report that the command collected ₦25,000 for monitoring Flourish, a scholar of College of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).
In a press release on Saturday, Ndukwe said that the declare by Flourish’s father, Charles Uzodimma and his counsel, Barr. Ege Obetta, was false.
“The Enugu State Police didn’t abandon the seek for the alleged lacking Flourish Nkwachi Uzodimma, nor was her father, one Charles Uzodimma, requested to rescue his daughter after allegedly paying a ₦25,000 monitoring price. The claims made by one Barrister Ege Obetta on X and sensationalized in a report by Sahara Reporters of their common acts of junk journalism are deceptive and baseless.
“Flourish, an 18-year-old first-year Pc Robotics scholar on the College of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), left her dad and mom’ residence in Owerre-Eze Orba, Udenu LGA, on November 28, 2024, to an unknown vacation spot. On December 3, 2024, her father, accompanied by the Chief Safety Officer of UNN, reported her disappearance to the Nsukka City Police Station. Regardless of his insistence that the case be handled as mere data, the police initiated an investigation,” he stated.
The Command’s Spokesman defined that Mr. Uzodimma engaged a non-public tracker. He added that Flourish’s father stopped interacting with police after he reportedly came upon that her daughter was in Calabar, Cross River State.
“Mr. Uzodimma independently engaged a non-public tracker, allegedly paying ₦25,000, however efforts to trace her telephone have been unsuccessful because it was switched off. Later, Mr. Uzodimma knowledgeable the police that Flourish was seen in a Fb photograph with one other lady he had warned her in opposition to associating with. The lady’s telephone quantity was tracked to Calabar, Cross River State.
“Opposite to claims of police inaction, Mr. Uzodimma stopped collaborating with the police, hampering the investigation. The case stays underneath investigation, however progress has been hindered by the non-cooperation of Flourish’s dad and mom. Sensationalizing the matter serves no function and detracts from the continuing efforts to resolve it,” Ndukwe added.
