Sad Tale Of A Mother Looking For Her Abducted 6-Year Old Daughter + Her S3xual Encounter With Her Assumed ‘Helper’

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 Metro learnt that the men also stole the phone, money
and recharge cards (vouchers) of the victim’s parents.

Her mother, Yetunde, told a Punch 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 s3xually 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 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.

The suspects – Mercy Akere, Ayodeji Akinsanya and Segun
Akinsanya –were alleged to have been accused by Yetunde of issuing threats
against her family.

Punch correspondent 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, s3xually 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 Metro.

“I am not the right person to talk about the case. The
child’s father is a military officer and the case is being handled by the
military because it happened in the barracks,” he said.

The victim’s father, Sunday, a sergeant, said he did not
suspect his relatives or girlfriend, adding that he was also not in support of
the matter being transferred from the military.

He said, “My wife is only suspecting my relatives and
girlfriend because before this incident happened, we had a misunderstanding.

“I am a military officer and I can tell you that
investigations are ongoing. I suspect those who surround my wife, but I know
soon, God will expose those behind this.”

Sunday’s brother, Segun, who was among those initially
arrested, denied knowing anything about the abduction of the child.

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.”