'I want my children,' Wednesday, December 29, 2010, Front page
THE decision by a Nigerian, Mr Razak Abiola, to live up to his marriage responsibility by performing the final marriage rites for his Ghanaian wife has turned out to be his worst nightmare, as his wife and his two children are now beyond his reach.
Mr Abiola, a Principal Technical Officer of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment, had been living in Lagos, Nigeria, with his family but decided to have his wedding in Ghana.
In October, therefore, Mr Abiola, his wife, Mrs Grace Afari Abiola, their two children, Abisola Kadjat Abiola, four, and Adebola Aminat Abiola, two, and Mr Abiola’s niece visited Ghana for the wedding.
After the ceremony, the man returned to Lagos, leaving his wife and children in Ghana.
Mrs Abiola later called to inform her husband that she was travelling to South Africa to visit her elder sister there. The two arranged that the children would return with Mr Abiola’s niece to Lagos to continue their education there, in the absence of their mother.
But that was not to be and all efforts by Mr Abiola to locate his wife, his mother-in-law and the children had proved futile. He, therefore, returned to Ghana to report the case to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.
According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of DOVVSU, Chief Inspector Irene Oppong, immediately Mrs Abiola left, Mr Abiola, who came back to Ghana, allegedly called his mother-in-law, with whom the children were staying, to bring them over, since he was about leaving for Lagos. But to his dismay, she refused to comply.
He followed up to her house, where he met only his niece, while the whereabouts of the suspect, together with the children, remained unknown.
The incident has sent DOVVSU on a hunt for Mr Abiola’s 60-year-old mother-in-law, Madam Victoria Lassey Afari, who is alleged to have vanished with the children.
The DOVVSU is, therefore, appealing to the public to help find the suspect, who was last spotted at Dansoman Karikari Brobbey but is now believed to be hiding in Accra or Kpando in the Volta Region.
Mr Abiola, a Principal Technical Officer of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment, had been living in Lagos, Nigeria, with his family but decided to have his wedding in Ghana.
In October, therefore, Mr Abiola, his wife, Mrs Grace Afari Abiola, their two children, Abisola Kadjat Abiola, four, and Adebola Aminat Abiola, two, and Mr Abiola’s niece visited Ghana for the wedding.
After the ceremony, the man returned to Lagos, leaving his wife and children in Ghana.
Mrs Abiola later called to inform her husband that she was travelling to South Africa to visit her elder sister there. The two arranged that the children would return with Mr Abiola’s niece to Lagos to continue their education there, in the absence of their mother.
But that was not to be and all efforts by Mr Abiola to locate his wife, his mother-in-law and the children had proved futile. He, therefore, returned to Ghana to report the case to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.
According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of DOVVSU, Chief Inspector Irene Oppong, immediately Mrs Abiola left, Mr Abiola, who came back to Ghana, allegedly called his mother-in-law, with whom the children were staying, to bring them over, since he was about leaving for Lagos. But to his dismay, she refused to comply.
He followed up to her house, where he met only his niece, while the whereabouts of the suspect, together with the children, remained unknown.
The incident has sent DOVVSU on a hunt for Mr Abiola’s 60-year-old mother-in-law, Madam Victoria Lassey Afari, who is alleged to have vanished with the children.
The DOVVSU is, therefore, appealing to the public to help find the suspect, who was last spotted at Dansoman Karikari Brobbey but is now believed to be hiding in Accra or Kpando in the Volta Region.
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