The UK police are appealing for information to help find
Gboyega Odubanjo, the British-Nigerian poet, who went missing at a rural music
festival.
The award-winning poet has been missing since the early
hours of Saturday morning.
The 27-year-old was last seen attending Shambala festival in
the Kelmarsh area of Northamptonshire, where he was due to perform later that
day.
In a statement, the police said Odubanjo is 5ft 6in tall
with short black dreadlocks and a full-face beard.
The statement added that he usually wears glasses and was
last seen in a beige/cream bucket hat, a red and white striped gilet, black
trousers and dark shoes.
“Gboyega is from the Bromley area of London. If you see
Gboyega, please call Northamptonshire Police on 999,” the statement reads in
part.
“Information and previous sightings can also be reported by
calling 101, quoting reference number MPD1/2619/23.
“Gboyega if you see
this appeal, please contact us or your loved ones – we need to make sure you
are safe and OK.”
Odubanjo is studying for a Ph.D. at the University of
Hertfordshire. He works as an editor for Bad Betty Press and the poetry
magazine Bath Magg.
“Gboyega is a loving and caring son who means the world to
our family,” a statement from his relatives read.
“He has a warm and infectious personality, a contagious
smile, and a heart full of kindness.
“We believe that
Gboyega’s disappearance is entirely out of character for him, and we are
genuinely worried for his safety and wellbeing.”
‘Aunty Uncle Poems,’ Odubanjo’s pamphlet, was a winner of
the Poetry Business New Poets prize in 2020.
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