Armed men have reportedly kidnapped Nigerian businessman and founder of Jezco Group, Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, in Anambra State.
Ezeokafor, who is also the father of Nigerian Instagram celebrity Jowizaza, was allegedly abducted last week while praying on a mountain in Awka, according to lawyer Chukwudi Iwuchukwu.
Iwuchukwu made the disclosure in a Facebook post on Sunday, claiming that the businessman had gone to the mountain alone to pray without his security details and police personnel attached to him.
According to him, Ezeokafor was allegedly abducted by unidentified gunmen during the prayer session and taken to an unknown location.
The abduction has reportedly thrown the businessman’s community in Ekwulobia into confusion and mourning.
Iwuchukwu described Ezeokafor as the richest man from the community, adding that the significance of his influence was reflected in the community’s reported decision to postpone its annual New Yam Festival.
He said the festival, which had never been postponed before, was put on hold because community members felt it would be inappropriate to celebrate while the family of their “illustrious son” was dealing with the reported abduction.
“Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, a Nigerian billionaire businessman, the founder of Jezco Oil and the Jezco Group, who is also the father of Nigerian Instagram celebrity Jowizaza, was reportedly kidnapped last week from a bush in Awka, in Anambra State.
“Apparently, the old man went to the mountain alone to pray and seek the face of God without his security details and policemen attached to him, as it has been a normal practice for the billionaire businessman in the past.
“In the course of the fervent prayers and his vulnerability, he was picked up by unknown gunmen who took him away to an unknown location.
“The community where he comes from, Ekwulobia, has been thrown into confusion and mourning ever since the news of the abduction broke in the community,” Iwuchukwu wrote.
