Bayelsa State NSCDC Chief Disappears

Mr Raymond Terwase Gaadi, The Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa State, has disappeared.

Mr Raymond Terwase Gaadi who hails from Ishorov clan in Buruku Local Government Area in Benue State was posted from Enugu State Command to Bayelsa to take over as the second in command in April.

His phones have been switched off since he got missing, fueling concern as to his safety.

Terkura Gaadi, his elder brother, said he could have been trying to reach him after missing Raymond’s calls on October 22 as his phones usually rang out until October 30 when all the lines were switched off.

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“Actually, he called me on October 22, around 6 pm, but I missed his calls. When I called back, I did not get any response from him. It was around October 30 that his phones were totally switched off up till today. That was when we started sensing that something must have happened to him.

“I have personally spoken with NSCDC Commandant in Bayelsa State and she told me that they were making efforts to find his whereabouts.

“When he visited me in May, he told me that he had a problem, that when he resumed in Bayelsa State Command, somebody was refusing to hand over to him. We have already written to the Inspector General of Police and Commandant General of NSCDC to help us find the whereabouts of our brother who came to serve the nation in Bayelsa. We want to see him alive.”

No one could tell if the NSCDC officer was kidnapped, involved in an auto crash or drowned in the floods ravaging Bayelsa.

NSCDC authorities in Bayelsa State said they were investigating the circumstances leading to the disappearance of their Deputy Commandant.

The NSCDC spokesman in Bayelsa State, Mr Solomon Ogbere, stated that the command was working with other sister security agencies to unveil the circumstances behind the disappearance of the Deputy Commandant.

Ogbere said: “He told the State Commandant that he was travelling to Enugu to carry his belongings to Benue State and he was given a pass. He left and up till now, we have not heard anything from him.”

“We have called the Sector Commander of FRSC to contact his Enugu colleague because we learnt that there was an accident along that axis for them to help us check the persons that were involved and whether our personnel was among so we can know what to do. His numbers are not going through; we are also very worried,” he added.