The family of kidnapped retired director of the Delta State Post-Primary Education Board (PPEB), Mr. Emmanuel Ofobrukueta, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to urgently intervene and ensure his safe rescue from his abductors.
In a letter though solicitor to the family, Frank Tietie, of Forthright Chambers, the family expressed distress over Mr. Ofobrukueta’s prolonged captivity, stating that despite efforts by the Delta State Police Command, he had remained in the hands of his kidnappers for more than two months running.
Addressing reporters on behalf of the family, Tietie worried that that victim seems to have been forgotten hence the need to beg the IGP to directly take interest in the matter, stressing that “the Delta State Police Command appears to be overwhelmed by the kidnappers’ tactics in this case”.
He said, “The case should be escalated and given the appropriate attention it requires. We think that he would be rescued if the police in Delta State deployed sufficient resources in terms of manpower and tracking his movements.
“Our frustration is that they seem to have abandoned the case. That is why we are appealing. The fact that ransome has been paid through someone when it was demanded, this was an ample opportunity to bust the kidnap gang”.
Tietie said the family is now counting on the direct intervention of the IGP to dismantle any criminal network responsible for the abduction and ensure justice is served, stressing the need to address the growing problem of kidnapping as he worried that when victims are not politically exposed persons or prominent in society, their cases do not often get expeditious treatment.