A nurse working with Mr and Mrs Elvis Eshareghara, parents of the missing Michael and Raphael, has disclosed how the maid deceived her before disappearing with the children.
The nurse, who gave her name as Abigail, told our correspondent that her duty was to care for Eshareghara’s mother, down with stroke.
According to her, on the fateful day, the maid, identified as Juliet, told her she was taking the children to bed upstairs.
Abigail added that the former maid, identified as Vivian, left without prior notice; that was when the family secured the services of the 24-year-old Juliet. She said: “I was off duty on November 27 when another nurse who stood in for me told me that Vivian had left. The family expected her for three days but when they did not see her, Madam (Mrs Jite Eshareghara) contacted another agency for another maid. That was how Juliet, the one who ran away with the children, was employed.
“Before Juliet came, Vivian’s luggage had been thrown outside. When I resumed, I asked Juliet where she was from but she lied and told me she came from Calabar, Cross River State while she is from Osun State.” Abigail added that last Sunday, Juliet said she wanted the children to sleep early so that they could wake up early the following day, being Monday.
She said: “That Sunday was Mr Elvis Eshareghara’s birthday. Madam and her husband decided to go out for a dinner. When they came back about 8pm, they went upstairs only to find the rooms empty; their children and the maid were nowhere to be found. That was how Raphael and Michael got missing.” Meanwhile, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said that the police were already searching for the children. He said: “The most important thing is to find these children alive and send them back to their family. We are reaching out to the public and the media. The police will undertake a holistic investigation. We will find these children.
“We commend the efforts of the parents who have also taken the search to the Department of State Security (DSS).”
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