The wives of 5 engineers of NELAN Development Ltd, that had been kidnapped by armed males in November 2021 have pleaded with President Bola Tinubu, President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to rally the Division of State Companies (DSS) and the Police to facilitate their husbands’ launch.
The engineers had been mentioned to be engaged on the Abakaliki Ring Street challenge, in Ebonyi state, funded by the African Growth {Bank} (AfDB) earlier than they had been kidnapped, after alleged disagreements with the state authorities.
In a petition dated tenth March 2026, and submitted to the president, senate president and the speaker, the ladies questioned the way through which the investigation was dealt with by the police and the DSS, whereas calling for a radical investigation into the matter and prosecute these liable for the “abduction” of their breadwinners.
“We’re solicitors to Mrs. Patricia Onyemeh, Mrs. Lovett Edeani, Mrs. Ifeoma Ejiofor, Mrs. Esther Aneke; and Mrs. Nwazulum hereinafter, known as “Our Shoppers” (the wives of the lacking engineers, representing all the households of the 5 (5) building engineers of NELAN Development Ltd),” their solicitors mentioned.
The attorneys mentioned someday in November 2021, the engineers had been kidnapped within the Effium neighborhood of Ebonyi state, amid intense clashes between the lead guide, Engr. Nelson Onyemeh, and the then-governor of the state, David Umahi, concerning contract phrases with the federal government.
“We had been knowledgeable that the AfDB-funded challenge was structurally designed to eradicate the federal government from {financial} interference or curiosity however the state authorities tried to vary the phrases, an try which couldn’t fly attributable to technicalities,’ they mentioned.
They mentioned Umahi “surprisingly’ introduced the killing and burial of the 5 engineers by their abductors, even when investigation was but to start, interesting to the federal authorities to carry the perpetrators to guide at once.