Just after ten years a Professor of Nuclear Physics of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife was kidnapped and later released, his family yesterday made it known that the renown academician had been declared missing again .
It was reported Tuesday evening that Professor James Bolarinwa Olomo lodged into Hotel Farlem situated at 8, Archibong Street, Afaha Ukwu, Eket, in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, October 17, before his disappearance three days later.
It would be recalled that Olomo was kidnapped on July 16, but was
released on August 16, of the same year after spending 31 days in his
abductors’ den.
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A statement issued by his family, the Olomo family of Risawe Anlerin
Compound in Otan Ayegbaju, Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun
State titled: ‘Please Save Professor James Bolarinwa Olomo’ and made
available to journalists in Osogbo Tuesrday stated that, Professor Olomo
travelled to Eket for an engagement as Radiation Safety Adviser (RSA)
by an oil company based in Eket before his sudden disappearance and
since remained incommunicado as his suspected abductors refused to pick
his calls.
The statement signed by six family members of Olomo including a
traditional Chief, Risawe of Otan Ayegbaju, High Chief A. O. Olomo, the
brother of the victim revealed that the matter had been reported at the
Eket Divisional Police headquarters where police detectives have sworn
into action to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance.
The statement reads: “James Bolarinwa Olomo, a professor of Physics at
the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife undertakes safety advice for oil
companies.
"He was in Eket for one of such engagements as Radiation Safety
Adviser, (RSA), when this unfortunate incident happened. He (Prof.
Olomo) flew into Calabar, from Lagos by Arik Air, on that Thursday and
approached Eket by road. He was in Eket, where he lodged into a hotel
called Hotel Farlem.
“The family, in conjunction with his employers, OAU has made efforts to
establish contact with him since October 20, without success. The
matter has been reported at the Eket Divisional Police headquarters and
all security agencies in the area have instituted an investigation into
the incident, but the family is disturbed that, though authorities are
working on the possibility of a kidnap, for three weeks now nobody has
contacted the family neither has any news been heard about him.”
Professor Olomo was said to have told the staff of the Hotel on the morning of October 20, that he was going out briefly to return later, but never came back to the hotel and could not be reached on phone.
It was also revealed that when family representatives reported at Eket
police station on October 26, a team led by the Divisional Police
Officer, Mr. Sunny Digha, who went in search of him only met his
belongings in the hotel.
Consequently, the perturbed family who has intimated the Osun State
government and traditional institutions in the state with the
development appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to assist the family, the
university and the police in the efforts to locate Prof. Olomo and
bring him back to them alive.
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