Mrs. Motunrayo Nnaemeka, a resident of Lagos, has expressed concern about her husband, Pastor Christian Nnaemeka, 43, who has been missing from their Lekki home for three weeks.
Mrs. Nnaemeka claimed that her husband had been remarkably agitated in the days preceding his disappearance. He left the church at 8 p.m. to go for a stroll in preparation for a vigil on June 6, 2025, but he never came back for prayers.
Fighting back tears, she recounted the events:
“Before then, we were supposed to move some things from our former apartment to the new one. On the way there, he said he was going back to church. He went with our first child, while I went home with our son.
“We stayed in contact by phone until I got home and asked him to join me so we could return to church together later. He then said our daughter didn’t want them to leave and would cry whenever they tried to go. I was upset and asked why he was suddenly listening to a child’s whims. He insisted her behaviour was unusual.
“When I got back to the church, I found my husband and daughter in the baptistery, with her playing in the water. I was shocked. He claimed it was what she wanted. When I said we should leave, he refused—until the pastor helped me convince him.”
The situation escalated, she said, when Pastor Nnaemeka attempted to cross the expressway with their daughter.
“I had to physically take her from him. He tried boarding a bus and then suddenly ran off. That was the last time I saw him.”
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