Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has appealed for information on the whereabouts of his father, who has been abducted in his native Nigeria
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has appealed for information on the whereabouts of his father, who has been abducted in his native Nigeria.
John Obi Mikel
Mikel played in Sunday's 0-0 draw at Stoke despite learning a day previously that his father had gone missing on Friday. Speaking on Sky Sports News, Mikel said he and his family are yet to hear anything regarding his father's whereabouts or who might have taken him, and he made a direct appeal for his father's release.
"Please just let him go," he said. "He's just an old man, he hasn't done any harm to anyone as far as I know and I don't know why he has been taken." Michael Obi, who runs a transport company, has not been seen or heard from since he failed to return home from work in Jos, the capital of Plateau State in central Nigeria.
With no contact made and no ransom demand yet received, Mikel is seeking information and help from anyone who can provide it.
"Nigeria is the country I am from, I've always tried to help my country in any way I can, playing for my country or anything," he said.u00a0 "This is a time where I need the country to help me. Whoever has got my dad, whoever knows where my dad is, please contact me and hopefully he can be released."
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