April 05, (THEWILL) – The Iru Egbede community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State has cried out over the disappearance of a 200-level undergraduate of Delta State University (DELSU), Faith Omodon.
Faith, a student of Business Administration, was last seen on Saturday after she left her home for the farm.
Faith’s father, Edward Omodon, said the news of his missing daughter reached him while he was at a community gathering.
“We usually have the Iru National Conference at this time of the year. We were seated inside the community hall when we heard loud wailing outside that my daughter was missing. She had left for the farm earlier that morning with a motorbike, taking her breakfast flask with her,” he said.
Also, the head of the village vigilante group, Ikpoba Johnbull, said as soon as the news of her disappearance broke that evening, they followed the girl’s mother to the farm.
“We immediately mobilised and combed the area up to Izighiri and Uwumuwe; two neighbouring villages but could not find any trace of her. We only found the leftovers in her lunch flask,” he said.
Johnbull said they had to inform neighbouring vigilante groups after spending the night inside the bush without result.
According to the vigilante group leader, after all was said and done, the girl’s father was advised to formally report the case of a missing person at the Abudu Police Division.
The National Youth Chairman of the community, Donald Egboko, who said his people were depressed and devastated over the incident, appealed to security agencies to assist in tracking Faith’s whereabouts.
When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer, Abudu Police Division, Iyayi Kenneth, said the case has been transferred to the State Police Command for further investigation.
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