Some Nigerians have decried the growing spate of missing persons in the country.
They made this known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.
One of the respondents, Mr Ogheneochuko Paul, told NAN that the number of missing people in Nigeria was currently on the increase.
Paul said that the causes of this might not be far from insecurity, carelessness and greed on the part of the culprits.
He said in the recent times, people have been kidnapped so as to collect ransom from their relatives before being released.
“While others were lured deceptively by close friends and relatives and subsequently sold for advance slavery,” he said.
He suggested that government should enact a law to prohibit people from reciting high fences so that people would know what was happening in every building.
Paul also advised the law enforcement agencies to comb bushes to rescue possible missing persons that been held hostages in these zones.
Also Mrs Ndubisi-Igwilo Obioma told NAN that she was particularly worried by the growing spate of missing persons globally.
Obioma identified insurgency, kidnapping, suicide, natural disasters, mental illnesses, accidents, homicide, among others as possible cause of missing persons.
According to her, the situation in Nigeria is worsened by poor social securities and inadequate facilities to protect lives and property.
She stressed that Chibok girls were classic example of missing persons.
“My advice to the government of Nigeria is to create institutions that will protect the lives and property of its citizens as well as punish offenders convicted of such crimes.
“I advise that there should be religious tolerance among citizens,” she said.
Similarly, Mr Andrews Chibuzor, said the circumstances surrounding disappearance of people differs.
In his contribution Mr. Prince Ugochukwu, recommended the setting up of tracking commission at the state and local government levels.
“Government should make a compendium of detained suspects in police cells and those awaiting trials in prisons across the country accessible to concerned families.
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