A
young girl who disappeared from a Lagos community after being taken
away by her parents' housemaid, has been found wandering about in Ogun
several days later.
Mary the housemaid and the victim, Faith Ayeh
Faith Ayeh, who was allegedly kidnapped by her parents’ maid, Mary, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State, has been found.
Saturday Punch reports that the victim was found in Abeokuta, Ogun State by a man, who had read an earlier report by about her disappearance.
The resident was said to have called Faith’s parents, who then raced to the area to bring her home.
It was earlier reported that Mary was employed by the Ghanaian
family about five months ago to assist with house chores at their home
on Kudirat Abiola Estate, Akute Road, Iju Ishaga.
She was also reported to be assisting the mother of the house, Glory, with her frozen foods business on the street.
However, the suspect allegedly went out with the victim last
Thursday, claiming Glory sent them on errands when she was challenged by
the family driver.
Their whereabouts had remained unknown since then.
Faith’s father, Paul, revealed that his daughter was found by a man who read the report.
He said, “The man called us that he found my daughter on the
road. He said he saw her picture in your (PUNCH) newspaper and he got my
number to call us so we could come and take her.
“My wife said she would go and we had to get some policemen to
follow her there. The police were able to arrest two suspects and the
case was taken to Abeokuta, before it was transferred to the
anti-kidnapping section of the Surulere Police Division.”
Asked if the maid had been arrested and what the daughter said, he
said his daughter and wife were on their way home, adding that he would
call back as soon as they reached the house.
According to Saturday Punch, While his wife’s contact could not be
reached on the telephone, he had yet to also call back as of press time.
But the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
said it was a case of absconding, adding that Faith fled her parents’
home on her own volition.
She said, “What happened was that the girl, Faith, claimed that
her mother was too harsh on her and she decided to run away with the
housemaid, who was eloping with her boyfriend. When they got to
Abeokuta, the home of the boyfriend, the man decided to habour the two
of them. It was there that he was sleeping with the maid, Mary, who had
equally been declared missing by her parents.
“The boyfriend, however, started having an affair with Faith as
well, which got the maid jealous. As a way of revenging, she decided to
call Faith’s parents to tell them their whereabouts. That was how the
secret was leaked. The matter is under investigation.”
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