The family of Abdiwahab sheikh Abdiswamad; a renowned Somali Scholar who allegedly went missing in Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday is demanding answers over his whereabouts, following reports that he was abducted in the city Centre.

Abdiswamad who was a scholar with vast knowledge of Horn Africa was allegedly abducted on Wednesday by four unknown men aboard a double cabin white car who accosted him on Turbman Road near the City market area while going about his daily activities and drove off.

“We went to Central police station yesterday, we went to the scene where he was taken, we don’t have any information regarding where he has been taken,” the family told a press conference at their home in South C.

Abdiswamad’s wife Halima Mohammed absolved her husband from any criminal act and said that he does not have any criminal links, adding that she does not understand what led to his alleged abduction.

“If he has done any wrong, which he has never done, he has never been into police custody before…They can arraign him in court. Otherwise, if other people have taken him, the government has a duty to bring him to the family,” said Halima

Human Rights Group Haki Africa has vowed to file a case in court to have the state compelled to produce Abdisamad.

“If it is not the police, then it is still the duty of the police to search for Mr Abdiswamad and to make sure that he is reunited with his family,” Haki Africa Executive Director Hussein Khalid told journalists.

Reacting to the alleged abduction of the scholar, Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi expressed his disappointment on the rising cases of missing persons in the country, yet the government has invested in sophisticated surveillance technology.

“Kidnapping of Abdiwahab Shiekh Abdisamad adds to the growing number of disappearances in Kenya. It is intolerable that these crimes cannot be prevented or the perpetrators apprehended with the high-tech surveillance equipment at the disposal of the police. IG, where are you?” he tweeted.

Until his disappearance, Abdisamad was the Executive Director of the Institute for Horn of Africa Strategic Studies.

Nairobi Town Jamia Mosque Deputy imam Sheikh Jamaluddin Osman today in the Friday Sermon castigated the rising spate of abduction in both Nairobi and Mombasa counties and appealed to the government to come in and address this issue.

The deputy imam further said that if anyone has committed a crime let them be brought before a court of law and the law take its course.