Engr. Emmanuel Odu and Engr. Vincent Ndifon
Two lecturers from the University of Cross River (UNICROSS), Engr. Emmanuel Odu and Engr. Vincent Ndifon, have been missing for the past two months, the institution’s management said.
It was gathered that the lecturers were both from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and were last seen on Friday, May 23, 2025, near Imo State, while on their way to Calabar.
They were reportedly returning from Lagos, where they had gone to purchase a car.
A recent Circular No. 478, issued and signed by the university’s Registrar, Victor Ephraim Ene, states that “the Acting Vice Chancellor and members of the University’s Management Team have been in constant communication with the Cross River State Commissioner of Police and the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) regarding the missing lecturers.”
The university disclosed that both security officials in Cross River were working closely with their counterparts in Imo State to locate the missing staff.
Reacting to their disappearance, the university management expressed empathy toward the families and friends of the victims, urging members of the public with useful information to contact relevant security agencies or call the phone number provided in the institution’s public notice.
However, 57 days after their last known contact, the two lecturers have still not been found — not even a word from them or any information regarding their fate.
The missing lecturers share several things in common: they were childhood friends, both studied Mechanical Engineering, and both are 32 years old.
An uncle of Engr. Emmanuel Odu, Mr Ferdinand Okwor, revealed that the duo went missing in Imo State on their way back to Calabar after traveling to Lagos to purchase a vehicle.
“All efforts to locate them have yielded no results, as there has been no contact from their abductors. It has been almost two months without them, with devastating mental, emotional, and physical consequences for their families,” Mr Okwor lamented.
