House Help Disappears with 3 children

The Orekoya family on Lawanson Road, Surulere,
Lagos State says, presently, it has no reason to
be happy.
This is because a nanny employed on March 7
by the household disappeared with three children
a day after she was employed.
The names of the missing children are
Aderomola, (11 months), Adedamola (4 years)
and Demola (6 years).
The nanny, Mary Akinloye, a 23-year-old
indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have
been contracted via OLX, an online sales portal.
The children’s mother, Adebisi, told PUNCH
Metro that Akinloye looked older than her age
and that her claim that she was an indigene of
Oyo State was questionable because of her
accent.
She explained that the family had a nanny, who
suddenly stopped coming to work after observing
her annual leave.
She said the family subsequently put up a post
on OLX, seeking the service of a new nanny.
She said, “We had someone who was taking care
of the kids before now. But the woman did not
show up on Saturday and Sunday and we
urgently needed someone to assist because we
were going to resume work on Monday. We were
disturbed and that was why I posted the
information on OLX.
“She (Akinloye) called us and said she was
interested. She said she was 23 years. I agreed
to employ her in the interim because I really did
not like the fact that she was young. She agreed
to collect between N10, 000 to N15,000 even
though our former nanny collected N25,000.
“I left her at home this morning (Wednesday)
around 7.30am. It was around 1pm that my
eldest son called me and said she had taken his
siblings away. He said she told him they were
going out to buy some things. She took the 11
months on her back and held the others by the
hand. She has since not returned.”
Adebisi said the nanny was so much in a haste
to whisk the children away that she did not
allow them to eat.
Her husband, Leke, a businessman, said the
nanny gave the family the contacts of her
relatives, who they spoke with on the telephone.
The relatives were said to have agreed to meet
with the Orekoyas during the week to finalise
documentation.
He said, “We spoke with two people she
introduced to us as her brother and sister. They
confirmed that they were her relatives.
“They gave us a vague description of where they
lived in Ikorodu. We agreed to do proper
documentation this week.
“It was in less than 24 hours that she went away
with the kids.
“She never gave us an idea that she was on an
evil mission.
“Her spoken English was fluent. She said she
had a National Diploma and just wanted to make
some money so she could return to school.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that the purported relatives
had since remained unreachable on their
telephone lines.
The family was said to have contacted the police
from the Itire division, who reportedly told the
family to wait for 24 hours.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth
Nwosu, confirmed the abduction, saying the
police had started investigation with a view to
rescuing the children.
He said, “The police are making efforts to arrest
the suspects and rescue the children.”

Source: PunchNg

Unconfirmed reports has it that the children have been found in Shagamu area