Ebonyi: 45-year-old deaf, dumb widow missing after receiving Christmas gifts

Ebonyi State House of Assembly

From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki

A 45-year-old indigent widow in Azuebin Ndiegu Echara, Azuebonyi Idembia in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Gloria Nwali Ezakaba, has been declared missing by the community.

The area has been in disarray since she got missing. The widow, who is said to be deaf, dumb, and cannot write, was said to have left the community to Ameka, another community in the local government, to receive Christmas gifts from a philanthropy in the area on December 24, 2025.

“Story had it that Mrs. Gloria Nwali, after getting her share of the Christmas gift, was taken to where she boarded Okada with other two women in one motorcycle. The bike rider was asked to convey Gloria to a bus stop called ‘God is love junction’, at Onueke, where the man that took her to Amaka would meet her and she would board another vehicle that would convey her home.

“But, till today, December 28, she has not been seen in our community. Ndiegu Echara Village, in Azuebonyi Idembia, close to Nwafor Idembia market, has been in disarray, searching for Gloria Nwali Ezakaba, who cannot talk, hear, nor write”, Charles Nwankwo, a resident of the community, said.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Joshua Ukandu, a Superintendent of Police, said the matter has not been reported to his office. “I don’t have that report presently. This people, sometimes, don’t report to us. So, for me to react on this, there has to be like a missing person’s report”, he told Daily Sun.

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