Florence Nwaeke, wife of former Head of Service, George Nwaeke, has raised alarm over her husband’s whereabouts following a controversial interview and his sudden disappearance.
Speaking to journalists late Friday, Mrs. Nwaeke expressed fears for her husband’s safety, stating that she lost contact with him after he arrived in Abuja earlier in the day.
“When he got to Abuja, he called that he had landed. I said, ‘Thank God’,” she recounted. “The next thing I saw tonight: people were calling me and said he got an interview. I said, ‘What interview? Interview for what?’ Not until I saw things flying on the internet that he granted an interview. What happened? I said, ‘That is not my husband. That is not my husband.’”
She said she sent multiple messages to her husband, asking if he was under duress or had been abducted.
“I sent him a message. I said, ‘Are you under duress? Have they kidnapped you? Talk to me now. Why are you not talking to me?’” she said.
She called on Nigerians to help locate her husband.
“Oh, Jesus, help me. Nigerians, help me. My husband is in trouble. My husband is in trouble. My husband is in trouble. My husband is in trouble,” she cried, showing her unanswered messages to him.
In another video, she appealed to Governor Fubara for intervention.
“Governor, help me. My husband is in trouble,” she pleaded.
Mrs. Nwaeke’s plea came hours after her husband granted an interview in which he made allegations against Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
In the interview, George Nwaeke accused the governor of planning to support Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed in the 2027 presidential election. He also alleged that Governor Fubara had held meetings with militants, encouraging attacks on oil facilities and state assets, among other allegations.
Following the interview, Mrs. Nwaeke claimed her husband was being pressured into making confessions under duress.
“He is being forced to confess to things he knows nothing about. He resigned to avoid trouble,” she said.
This development follows President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State, which led to the suspension of elected officials, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara, for six months. The president also appointed Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas to head the state as administrator.