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Anambra billionaire Joseph Okafor, Jowizaza’s father reportedly kidnapped
Sir Joseph Eze Okafor, a Nigerian billionaire businessman and founder of Jezco Oil and Jezco Group, has reportedly been kidnapped in Anambra State.
Okafor, 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, Okafor was allegedly abducted by unidentified gunmen during the prayer session and taken to an unknown location.
The reported abduction has reportedly thrown the businessman’s community, Ekwulobia, into confusion and mourning.
Iwuchukwu described Okafor 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 Eze Okafor, 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 his policemen attached to him as it has been a normal practice for the billionaire business man in the past.
“In the course of the fervent prayers and his vulnerability, he was picked up by an 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.
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