A six-year-old
schoolgirl, Oluwajuwon Akinsanya, has been abducted by unidentified persons at
the Ojo Military Cantonment, Lagos.
The primary one pupil
of Maryam Bliss International School, Ojo, was said to be sleeping in the room
with her parents in Block II, Flat 5, Engineer Quarters, when she was whisked
away by the abductors.
Punch learnt that the men
also stole the phone, money and recharge cards (vouchers) of the victim’s parents.
Her mother, Yetunde,
told our correspondent that the family had yet to be contacted by the abductors
since the incident happened in January.
She stated that she had
visited more than 200 places seeking help, adding that she was sexually
harassed in one of the religious houses she visited.
Yetunde said, “On
January 20, 2016, around 4.30am, while we were asleep, I suddenly heard a loud
noise and I woke up.
“I checked the floor
where my daughter normally slept, but I didn’t see her. Her younger brother,
Enoch, was on the bed with my husband and I. I thought she went to the toilet
to urinate.
“However, when I
checked the place, I didn’t find her. It was when I got to the kitchen and met
the door opened that I knew intruders had come in. They came in from the
kitchen.
“They took my bag and
removed all the money there. They also emptied my purse where I kept the recharge
cards I sold to people. My
husband’s phone was equally taken away.”
She said she reported
the matter to the Ojo Barracks Military Police and the victim’s father was
arrested. She said the military authorities said her husband was the first
suspect.
He was, however, later
released and three other suspects arrested.
Punch gathered that the military later released the suspects, saying there was no
evidence against them.
Yetunde, a trader, said
a member of her husband’s family took her to an orthodox church for help.
She alleged that the
pastor after giving her a fake prophecy of her daughter’s whereabouts, sexually
harassed her.
“I complained to my
in-law who took me to his church, and he called the pastor in my presence to
challenge him.
“The pastor told him on
the telephone that he only used a candle to rub my breasts because that was
what my child sucked; and my private parts, because that was where she came out
from. He said he did it so that the deliverance would be quicker,” she said.
Oluwajuwon’s mother,
who expressed dissatisfaction at the way the military were handling the case,
said she asked for a transfer to a civilian police station, but the
Officer-in-Charge, Major Obot, refused.
When contacted, Major
Obot declined comment, saying he was not authorised to speak with Punch
A counsel in the Femi
Falana Chamber, Mrs. Olakitan Boluagbaje, said the chamber was preparing a
petition to the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, for the case to be
transferred from the military police.
She said, “I can’t
imagine that such a thing could happen in a military barracks. And the way the
military officers are handling the matter is pathetic.
“The main actors in
this case are civilians, and it is only reasonable that the case is transferred
to the police. We will be writing the CP to request the transfer of the case to
him.”
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