A female tenant whose identity has yet to be ascertained has reportedly kidnapped two of her landlady’s children seven days after packing into the house.
The abode is located in Okedogbon Area of Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The two kids, identified as Ayomide Olamilekan (six months old) and Blessing Olamilekan (two and a half years old) were abducted and taken to an unknown destination by the tenant who was said to be friendly with the children.
A source said the female tenant and a man suspected to be her husband rented a room from the mother of the abducted children, Mrs. Abimbola Olamilekan, and paid six-month rent.
The source said the landlady did not have any information about the tenant up till the time she absconded with her kids, n0r did she know any of her (tenant’s) relatives in the town.
However, it was gathered that the fleeing tenant and her husband hail from the South-South region of the country.
A source narrated that the victims’ mother was washing clothes at the back of the building when the tenant offered to assist her in taking care of the children.
“She took the kids away and never returned,” the source said.
“Just exactly seven days she (tenant) and her husband moved into the house, the mother of the abducted kids was washing clothes at the back of the house.
“The six-month old baby was crying and the tenant came around and offered to assist the mother to take care of him.
“As she carried the baby on her back, the second child also became troublesome and she took her along, promising their mother that she wanted to go and buy biscuit for them at a nearby provision shop.
“The mother released the children to her and it was after several hours when the tenant did not return with her babies that she raised the alarm.”
Another source said after some days when the tenant and the husband did not return to the house, the search party in the area broke into the suspected kidnappers’ room to see if they could obtain something with which to track them; but only a bedsheet was found spread on the floor.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident.
He said the whereabouts of the kids and their abductors was unknown at the time of filing this report.
He said, “The mother of the victims has been invited, but she told us that she had no personal details of the tenant before giving them the apartment. This is wrong and careless.
“We are still on it, and we have commenced investigation into the incident.
“We will try our best to get the children freed and the kidnappers arrested.”
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