DELTA COMMISSIONER ARRESTS FOUR UNDERAGE CHILDREN OF HIS COOK WHO ALLEGEDLY ABSCONDED WITH HIS N14M

The Delta State commissioner for Environment,Frank Omare
had accused his cook,Hyacinth Okwute of stealing N13.8 million
from a stash of N60million Mr Omare had kept in the boot of his
car.The cook disappeared after he was accused of stealing the
commissioner's money.The commissioner then went on to arrest
nine members of the cook's family including his pregnant wife
who was later released with some other members of the cook's
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However,four children of the cook,Sophia 7,Kelvin 5,Nonso 5 and Dominion 2 were last seen after they were arrested and subsequently released from A Division Police Station in Asaba.    
The commissioner has been accused of hiding the children to
compel their father to return the stolen money.In a petition dated
August 14,addressed to the state Commissioner of Police and
copied to the Inspector-General of Police,Governor Uduaghan and
the state's Commissioner for Women Affairs,Chief Betty Efekoda,
the family lawyer demanded the immediate release of the children.

According to Ofiaeli''It is in our brief that those children were
not abandoned,neither were they part of the said theft involving
Mr Hyacinth Okwute to warrant their arrest,subsequent and
purported transfer to the Ministry of Women Affairs.''When
Sahara Reporters contacted the State Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO) DSP Charles Muka,he said the matter was under
investigation. But he denied that the children were in police
custody (their last known location).The Ministry of Women 
Affairs they were supposedly transfered to has also denied that
the children are in the custody of the state. 

When Sahara Reporters tried to reach the commissioner, he failed to answer his mobile phone. When he finally picked, he claimed he was in a meeting and an SMS should be sent.He was sent an SMS but he did not reply.