Worried by the seeming silence on the whereabouts of his brother Obiora, and other operatives who went on the deadly mission, an upcoming hip-hop artist and actor, Don Saint, described the whole scenario as a horror movie. He disclosed that few hours before the incident was reported, he spoke with his brother, Obiora, on phone, and he disclosed that they were on a mission to rescue Mrs Nwosu, unknown to him that the conversation might be the last with him.
He said: “When I called my brother on that fateful day, he told me they were in a hide-out around Ikorodu, tracking kidnappers of The Sun newspaper’s Deputy Managing Director’s wife. I called to discuss an issue with him. He promised to get back to me at an appropriate time. My sister also called him and he said the same thing. But two hours later, when I logged on to the Internet, I was shocked to my bone marrow to read the news of what happened at Konu. Immediately, I called his line again to ascertain the report. But it was dead.
“Two days later, I visited the DSS office at Magodo Estate and the officer we saw told me and other family members that ‘They are alive and fine. Don’t mind the news you have read online. They went on a mission. They are fine.’ Again, on Monday, September 21, 2015, I and other family members of other operatives met with the State Director of DSS and he still said the same thing. By Tuesday, it will be one month that my brother and other operatives went missing. The painful aspect of it all is that the government they worked for has not reached out to the families to know how they are faring. My brother has a young wife and two little children who keep asking me about the whereabouts of their father.
“This is evidence of the fact that we are in a country where human life is not valued. Or how do you explain the long silence from the DSS and government? If they are alive, where are they? Now, I know what families of the missing CHIBOK girls are going through. This is like a horror movie. Such will never happen in the advanced world. My family has been broken since then. What we need is an official report from the DSS. Let them tell us what is happening.”
Obiora’s younger brother and immediate family in Lagos are not alone in this state of anguish. His aged parents back in Anambra State, as well as members of their community, are also said to be in a state of shock. This is because Obiora was described as the cynosure of all eyes in both his family and the community at large.
According to a relation who also spoke on condition of anonymity, “We do not want to believe he is dead as assured by the DSS. But our worry is that he has never gone on any official duty and stayed this long. He is a loving husband and father who always spoke with his wife and children of ages one and three on daily basis. His intimidating height and build is the envy of every rational thinking person.”
While the family members are hoping to see their loved ones as assured by the DSS, they have resorted to spiritual intervention through prayers.
