Two teenagers, who ran away from their parents Abuja
homes over issues pertaining to poverty, have been found in Lagos State.
The two
boys; Chidubem Amaechi, 13 and Chinedu
Onyebuchi, 13, were rescued by operatives
of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command on Monday last
week.
Their parents, who have been looking
for the boys in Abuja since Sunday, May 14, 2017, were shocked when contacted
that their children were in the custody of RRS in Lagos. The police ensured
they were re-united with theirs parents on Friday.
The RRS operatives were said to have
sighted them after they alighted from an Abuja bus at Ojodu Berger, Lagos and
started wandering aimlessly.
Amaechi said: “We noticed that our
parents were suffering in order to take care of us. We decided to come to Lagos
and work for sometimes. Whatever we were able to raise in six months, we would
handover to our parents for them to start business. We realised that the hardship
was too much and that we would be helping them if we leave our families in
Abuja in search of better opportunities in Lagos.”
While fielding questions from the
policemen, the teenagers initially lied that they were kidnapped and
blindfolded before they were driven to Lagos by their abductors. They claimed
to have escaped from their abductors while they were sleeping under the bridge
before Ogun –Lagos long bridge.
The officers moved the boys to the
RRS Headquarters, where an investigation into their kidnapping was launched
immediately. While the investigations were on, officers suspected the children
were lying about the kidnapping story.
It took three days of questioning
before, Amaechi opened up that he and Onyebuchi connived to leave Abuja because
of the poor states of their parents.
Amaechi further said: “I brought my
N4, 200:00 savings while Chinedu added N500 as fare to Lagos. We were already
in Lagos before we realised that we were simply being stupid. We were wandering
about when the officer invited us for questioning.”
The Commander, RRS, ACP Olatunji
Disu, who received the parents of the teenagers on the fifth day of being in
the custody in his office, appealed to parents and guardian to monitor
and take good care of their wards.
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