Billionaire Joseph Ezeokafor, Jowizaza’s Father Reportedly kidnapped in Anambra

Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, a Nigerian billionaire businessman and founder of Jezco Oil and Jezco Group, has reportedly been kidnapped 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 disclosed this in a Facebook post on Sunday, stating that the businessman had gone to the mountain alone to pray without his usual security details and police personnel.

He claimed that unidentified gunmen seized Ezeokafor during the prayer session and took him to an unknown location.

The reported abduction has thrown the businessman’s community, Ekwulobia, into confusion and mourning.

Iwuchukwu described Ezeokafor as the richest man from the community, noting that the significance of his influence was reflected in the community’s decision to postpone its annual New Yam Festival.

He said the festival, which had never been postponed before, was put on hold because residents 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 his 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.

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