A family from Lagos state has no reason to be happy as a nanny employed by them has disappeared with three children a day after she started working.
The Punch reports that the Orekoya family on Lawanson Road, Surulere, Lagos State employed the nanny on March 7, via OLX, an online sales portal. But she disappeared with three children identified as Aderomola (11 months), Adedamola (4 years) and Demola (6 years), 24 hours later.
The children’s mother, Adebisi, said that Mary Akinloye, an indigene of Ibadan, Oyo state, was 23 years old but looked older than her age. According to her, the nanny’s claim that she was from Oyo state was questionable because of her accent.
Adebisi explained that the family had a nanny, who suddenly stopped coming to work after observing her annual leave. Therefore, the family started looking for a new nanny.
“We had someone who was taking care of the kids before now. But the woman did not show up on Saturday and Sunday and we urgently needed someone to assist because we were going to resume work on Monday. We were disturbed and that was why I posted the information on OLX.
“She (Akinloye) called us and said she was interested. She said she was 23 years. I agreed to employ her in the interim because I really did not like the fact that she was young. She agreed to collect between N10, 000 to N15,000 even though our former nanny collected N25,000.
“I left her at home this morning (Wednesday) around 7.30am. It was around 1pm that my eldest son called me and said she had taken his siblings away. He said she told him they were going out to buy some things. She took the 11 months on her back and held the others by the hand. She has since not returned,” the aggrieved mother said.
Her husband, Leke, added that the nanny gave the contacts of her relatives, who they spoke with on the telephone.
“We spoke with two people she introduced to us as her brother and sister. They confirmed that they were her relatives. They gave us a vague description of where they lived in Ikorodu. We agreed to do proper documentation this week.
“It was in less than 24 hours that she went away with the kids. She never gave us an idea that she was on an evil mission.
“Her spoken English was fluent. She said she had a National Diploma and just wanted to make some money so she could return to school.”
Unfortunately, the nanny’s relatives have since remained unreachable on their telephone lines.
Kenneth Nwosu, the police public relations officer, confirmed the abduction, stressing the police had already started investigation. He added that they were making efforts to arrest the suspect and rescue the children.
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