The Director of Communications, Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Mrs Monalisa Chinda-Coker, has declared that actress Okereke and actor Clenson Cornel are missing after their families has confirmed that they had not returned home since leaving a film location at Ozalla community.
Chinda-Coker, in a statement, said: “The two members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Okereke and Cornel alias Agbogidi were suspected missing after their family members confirmed they didn’t come back from a film location at Ozalla community.
The Enugu Police Command while speaking on the report in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Saturday said “On July 29, at about 7:30a.m., we received information that a red-coloured Toyota RAV4 Jeep with registration number AGL 199 CY was noticed to have been parked in an abandoned way at Four-Corners on Enugu-Port-Harcourt Expressway.
“Hence, the location was visited and the vehicle recovered.
“Coincidentally, at about 11:30a.m., of same date, a report was further received stating that the vehicle belongs to one Cynthia Okereke (f), a Nollywood Actress, who was last seen on July 26,” he said.
The Police however says it has launched an investigation to unravel and locate the missing Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke.
Also reacting to the news, the National President of the Guild, Mr Rollas Ejezie, however, instructed all actors to avoid going to the outskirt of cities to film except full security cover was provided to ensure their safety.
He expressed shock over the ugly development, while urging the security agencies to speed up investigation that would lead to their safe rescue.