British-Nigerian Engineer Freed, Son Still Missing

On May 1st, a British Nigerian engineer named Ifadale Adiai got released by mistake

from a London prison last month, even though he had more time to serve.

He abducted his five-year-old son from the kid's mother in France back in July, 2024,

took the boy to Nigeria, and now he's still on the…

Run with an extradition warrant waiting to France.

Earlier this year, Adiai got hit with a six-month sentence for contempt after dodging court

orders to return the child.

Then on April 20th, just before his first term ended, judges added another 12 months for

more violations, but staff at HMP Pettinville let.

Him walk free the next day, April 21st.

The judge slammed the screw up hard, calling it a total stay failure with no urgency from

prison folks or even police grasping how serious this is.

He said Adiai poses a real danger to his son's safety, and that locking him up is the best

shot at reuniting the boy with his devastated mom, who's?

Been an agony ever since.

Turns out there was a two-day delay before anyone flagged him as unlawfully out, and prison

emails admitted they missed the extra sentence and…

Extradition flag.

This ain't isolated official stat show mistaken releases jumped to 262 last year, up over

100%.

Meanwhile, the mom's lawyers are pushing hard, and with Adiai wanted abroad too, authorities

got a step up quick to track him down before this.

Family nightmare drags on any longer.