Mother of missing Nigerian student Richard Okorogheye in the UK is helpless

Mother of missing Nigerian student Richard Okorogheye in the UK is helpless

13 days after his disappearance Mother of missing Nigerian student Richard Okorogheye says she feels completely helpless.

Walking towards Epping Forest in the early hours of Tuesday, March 23, a 19-year-old Nigerian student at Oxford Brookes University, Richard Okorogheye,  who has sickle cell disease was last seen on CCTV in Loughton, Essex,

nothing of relevance to the investigation has been found, Met Police said as officers and police dogs have been searching the forest for four days.

Mr. Okorogheye’s mother, Evidence Joel Speaking to The Guardian said waiting for information about her son’s whereabouts has been hell.

She said, “Every day is a nightmare for me now.

“I feel completely helpless. Helpless, and also, sorry to use this word, but I feel useless. Because I want to go out there, to do something to look for him, search for him, anything.

‘But I can’t’, she said of needing to remain at home in case he makes contact.