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0MG! How Missing Boy Found Floating in Delta River After One Week

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Oct 13, 2020

A young boy identified as Fejiro Emoavworhe, who was reported missing, has been found floating at the bank of Ohovwe river in Ekiugbo, Ughelli North local government area of Delta.

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This incident happened barely two weeks after a young lady in her 20s was found in a drainage wrapped in a sack with her breast, tongue and private part removed in Buluku street, Ughelli North local government area, Delta State.

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7-year-old Emoavworhe was declared missing on Sunday, October 4 by his parent.

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John Emoavworhe, father of late Fejiro, who lives in Ogbeode Street, Ekiugbo-Ughelli, said he was only four- month-old in the community.

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His brother- in-law, he said, came to his house on the eve of Sunday with slices of fried yam, ice cream and plastic bottles of coke mineral for his children.

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He noted Fejiro, who was crying for ice cream outside, was called by a standby man with a white dress, promising to buy him the ice-cream.

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Narrating the ordeal, the father said: "While we were still searching for Fejiro, my brother in-law left the compound in a hurry and when he was called upon by the family the following morning, he said he was going to church and later came to meet my family at about 7.00pm.

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"My wife's younger brother told my family that he did not know anything about Fejiro's disappearance but that he heard my neighbours saying that I used to beat my children and drive them out of home, that this time around I will find my child tired.ÔÇØ

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He said when his brother -in-law was asked to direct them to the apartment, all the occupants, who are mainly suspected 'Yahoo boys' escaped through the back door.

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Efforts to reach the Delta Commissioner of Police for comment failed but a senior police officer from 'A' Division Ughelli confirmed the incident.

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The remains of Fejiro Emoavworhe have been deposited at an undisclosed morgue in Ughelli while a team of doctors are carrying out the autopsy.

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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