Missing Persons

Concern grows for missing two

Jan 21 2003

South London Press

COPS are concerned for the welfare of a 28-year-old woman missing from her Kennington home.

Sofia Tekle was last seen by her husband at 8am on New Year's Day at their home address in Blythe House, Kennington Park Road.

Sofia is black, 5ft 2ins tall and of slim build. She has black, collar-length, straight hair and brown eyes.

When she was last seen, Sofia was wearing a black winter coat with a hood, blue jeans, a grey jumper and trainers. She was also wearing a wristwatch with a leather strap and gold stud earrings.

Information to PC Gabi Desouza, of Lambeth Police Missing Persons Unit, on 020-8649 2577 or the Missing Persons Helpline on 0500 700 700.

* Meanwhile a south London pensioner has gone missing at Heathrow airport. Police are appealing for information in tracing Akingbade Adebari, 64, from Surrey Quays, who was last seen by his son at Heathrow Terminal 3 on Thursday.

Mr Adebari was scheduled to fly to Lagos in Nigeria from Heathrow at 8pm to visit his relatives who contacted his son when he did not arrive. Mr Adebari is a black male, 5ft 8ins tall, of medium build, clean-shaven with short greying hair. He was last seen wearing a black suit jacket, cream trousers and a cream jumper. He wears a gold wedding ring and sometimes wears glasses.

Mr Adebari has difficulties speaking following a stroke and suffers from high blood pressure and asthma. Information to Heathrow CID on 020-88972 1212 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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