The ladies stated this as the fate of their husbands, who went missing out on about 2 months ago, remained a sorrowful problem in their hearts.

Recall that an Enugu-based engineering company, Nelan Consultants, had on November 3, 2021, released the 5 engineers on guidance of the ongoing Abakaliki Ring Road task at Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The task is moneyed by the African Development Bank.

It was found out that the engineers were supposedly abducted from the website by unknown shooters, who also hauled away their task automobile.

The neighborhood where they were kidnapped has actually been enmeshed in a protracted communal crisis with its neighbouring Ezza community.

The missing out on engineers are Nelson Onyemeh, a director and partner to Nelan Consultants, Stanley Nwazulum, Ernest Edeani, Ikechukwu Ejiofor and Samuel Aneke.

The 58-year-old Onyemeh’s wife, Patricia, informed journalists in Enugu on Friday that she and the other halves of the other 4 engineers, in addition to their children, spent the Yuletide hoping and hoping that their income producers and other halves would return alive.

She said the last Christmas was the worst in their lives.

“We were inside mourning and hoping that my partner will return alive. No one is telling us anything. The kids kept asking for their dad’s whereabouts considering that he left your home in November 2021.”

The families of Nwazulum, Ejiofor and Aneke said they were still traumatised by the event which all their efforts to find the missing out on engineers had not yielded any positive outcome.

They appealed to the Ebonyi State Government, the Nigerian authorities and other worried individuals and groups to assist them in finding their hubbies.

The Ebonyi State Government had, in its response on December 20, 2021, exonerated itself from any participation in the event.

The Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji, had said at a news conference in Abakaliki that the federal government had nothing to do in the disappearance of the engineers.

Orji had actually said, “It has actually become vital to put the records directly on the allegations and misrepresentation of realities communicated to the general public from particular quarters over the unfortunate occurrence that befell Engr. Nelson Onyemeh and (the) other four engineers.

“Based on the report of the authorities examination on the occurrence, we view as frustrating, the regrettable circumstances that led to the sad news. We, therefore, extend our sincere acknowledgements to all the households and the Nelan Company for this dastardly act by criminal elements, while wishing for a thorough crackdown on the perpetrators,” the commissioner stated.

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