A
10-year-old pupil, Opeyemi Sotirin, escaped from her abductors, after she
was abducted on Tuesday at her school in the Ibafo, Obafemi Owode Local Government
Area of Ogun State.
The primary three pupil of Victory Edge Nursery and Primary
School, was found loitering on the long bridge of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,
after trekking from the bush where she was abandoned.
She was said to have been picked up by a Quick
Response Squad patrol team, led by one Inspector Ola Yahaya, who took her
to the Warewa Police Post.
The
victim explained...
She said,
“After I closed from school at 2pm, I went to wait for my younger brother whose
school is opposite mine. As I was waiting for him, two men came and then forced
me into a black jeep. They threatened that if I shouted, they would kill me.
“They
drove me far into the bush and I did not know where they were taking me to.
After driving very far, they stopped. They looked at each other and suddenly
asked me to get down and lie face down.
“Then
they drove off. I did not know where I was, but when I saw footpath on the
road, I decided to take it. I trekked till I got to the express.”
A police officer at Warewa, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the victim could not recall her address but was able to tell the police the name of her school.
She
said,
“We took
her to the school this morning (Wednesday) and she was identified as one of the
pupils. The head teacher said her guardian had also reported a case of missing
person at the Ibafo Police Division and that was confirmed.
“We tried
to know if she had suffered any form of assault from her guardian, but she said
no. So, I believe her account. She couldn’t have run away from home on her own
accord.”
The
victim’s guardian, Mrs. Opeyemi Tifase, has gone to the station to
take her.
Source:Punch
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