Lawyer and National Youth Service Corps member, Eunice Ameh, has been found safe days after she was declared missing in Abuja, bringing relief to her family, colleagues and members of the legal community.
Sources confirmed that Ameh, who disappeared on Wednesday, May 6, was found unharmed on Sunday morning after days of uncertainty over her whereabouts.
A family source confirmed the development, saying, “Eunice has been found unharmed this morning (Sunday).”
Authorities have yet to disclose where she was found or the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and recovery.
Before she was found, the case had sparked widespread concern across Nigeria’s legal community, with the Nigerian Bar Association publicly demanding urgent action from security agencies.
In a statement titled “Release Eunice Ameh Now!”, NBA President Afam Osigwe described the disappearance as deeply troubling to lawyers nationwide.
“When a young lawyer goes missing, the pain is not distant to the Nigerian Bar Association, it is personal,” the statement read.
“We are more than a professional body; we are a community bound by shared sacrifice, shared dreams, and a collective duty to stand for one another.”
The association said Ameh, who was serving in the Federal Capital Territory under the NYSC scheme, disappeared after work under what it described as troubling circumstances.
“No young Nigerian who answered the call to national service should disappear without an immediate, coordinated, and determined response from our security agencies,” the NBA added.
The body also urged the Inspector General of Police to “urgently deploy all necessary tactical and intelligence resources toward securing Eunice’s safe release and ensuring that anyone connected to her disappearance is swiftly brought to justice.”
Family members had earlier revealed that Ameh recently started working as a Sales Manager at Blades and Butchers Ltd, located on Lake Chad Crescent in Maitama, Abuja.
“She works at Lake Chad Crescent with the company Blades and Butchers in Maitama. She is the Sales Manager for the company and she just started two weeks ago,” a source had told SaharaReporters.
According to the family, she was last seen around 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday while heading home toward the Life Camp area of Abuja, where she lived in a corps members’ lodge.
The incident was reported to the Maitama Police Division, while NYSC officials were also notified.
Before news of her recovery emerged, relatives described the situation as emotionally devastating.
“The family is distraught and in panic while they are hanging on to hopes of a police investigation getting her whereabouts,” a source had said.
