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By Madu Obi
An official of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Anambra State, Mr. Phrank Kez, has cleared the air on the purported disappearance of an Anambra industrialist and proprietor of Best Aluminium, Chief Pius Nweke from prison custody in Awka, saying the man is not missing.
Nweke was recently convicted at the Federal High Awka, presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on a two - count charge of possession of firearms and ammunition without a licence.
Nweke's Abba community in Njikoka local government area of the state had alleged that there was a reasonable suspicion that their kinsman was missing from custody.
But Kez, who is the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Anambra State described the community's allegation as untrue.
He said: "We don't have record of any missing inmate. Who said that he is missing? Most times, people insinuate when they don't understand something. "The worrisome aspect of it is that most times they know the right thing, but just want to buy sympathy by insinuating."
"Nweke is in our custody; he is not missing. Nobody has declared him missing. If he is missing, the media would have been notified."
"If he is missing, his people would have gone to the streets with placards. Don't they know that it was the court that convicted him and sent him to prison?"
"He is the property of the court and they can go back to tell the court that the person is missing."
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