A consultant engineering firm based in Enugu, Nelan Consultants, has petitioned the inspector-general of police, Usman Alkali Baba, over the disappearance of five engineers from the firm in Ebonyi State.
A co-owner of the firm, Mr Benjamin Ezeagwu, made the complaint in a letter written by the firm’s lawyer, Mr Tagbo Ike of Ike and Associates to IGP made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Enugu.
Ezeagwu said the five engineers were on Nov. 3 deployed to a road project at Effium in Ebonyi in continuation of routine supervisory works.
He was to hold a meeting with one Ken Okeh at 3pm same date after the site visit to discuss some accommodation issues.
According to him, the victims had travelled from Enugu to Effium with the project vehicle, a Toyota Hilux with registration number ERR 001 EB and had arrived Effium about 2pm ahead of the scheduled meeting.
“On arrival, the team called Okeh and announced their arrival at the site to him.
“The call put to Okeh was the last heard from them till date and spirited efforts made by the firm, families and friends of the victims have yielded no fruit as their respective phones remained switched off.