The Abia State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a motorcyclist who disappeared with three children while conveying them home from school.
The
incident, which happened at Amaoba Ime Oboro community in Ikwuano Local
Government Area of Abia State on Friday, May 10, 2024
The
children are Gideon Osinachi, 8, Divine Osinachi, 6, and 4-year-old Israel
Osinachi.
Gideon
is a primary two pupil, while Divine and Israel are both in Nursery 3 and
Nursery 1 respectively.
It was
gathered that members of the community went to the Commercial Cyclists
Association to inquire about the fleeing cyclist but the leaders said they had
no member with such a description.
Confirming
the incident to the Vanguard on Thursday, May 17, the spokesperson of the
command, SP Maureen Chinaka, said that investigation had commenced, adding that
the command is on the trail of the suspect.
Meanwhile,
the children’s mother, Glory Osinachi, who spoke to journalists narrated how
the incident happened.
"It
happened on Friday at about 4pm while returning from my mother-in-law’s house.
Whenever they are returning from school, they would stop over at my
mother-in-law’s and then later they would walk home or take a motorcycle,” she
narrated.
“On
that Friday, my mother-in-law put them on a motorcycle and paid the cyclist
N100. The children’s school, my mother-in-law’s house and our house are within
walking distance,"
The
woman said she only got to know something was wrong after her mother-in-law, in
her usual style, came home to check on the children and it was discovered that
they never got home.
“The
children closed school by 2pm. My mother-in-law put them on the motorcycle when
they were leaving. Sometimes, she would call to check if they got home safely,
other times she would come to the house to check. The children also used to
walk home alone most of the time. This kind of thing has never happened before
in this community.”
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