Faith Ayeh, who was allegedly kidnapped by her parents’
maid, Mary, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State, has been found.
Saturday PUNCH learnt the victim was found in Abeokuta, Ogun
State by a man, who had read an earlier report by The PUNCH.
The resident was said to have called Faith’s parents, who
then raced to the area to bring her home.
Our correspondent had reported that Mary was employed by the
Ghanaian family about five months ago to assist with house chores at their home
on Kudirat Abiola Estate, Akute Road, Iju Ishaga.
She was also reported to be assisting the mother of the
house, Glory, with her frozen foods business on the street.
However, the suspect allegedly went out with the victim last
Thursday, claiming Glory sent them on errands when she was challenged by the
family driver.
Their whereabouts had remained unknown since then.
Faith’s father, Paul, told Saturday PUNCH that his daughter
was found by a man who read the report.
He said, “The man called us that he found my daughter on the
road. He said he saw her picture in your (PUNCH) newspaper and he got my number
to call us so we could come and take her.
“My wife said she would go and we had to get some policemen
to follow her there. The police were able to arrest two suspects and the case
was taken to Abeokuta, before it was transferred to the anti-kidnapping section
of the Surulere Police Division.”
Asked if the maid had been arrested and what the daughter
said, he said his daughter and wife were on their way home, adding that he
would call back as soon as they reached the house.
While his wife’s contact could not be reached on the
telephone by our correspondent, he had yet to also call back as of press time.
But the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, said it was a case of absconding, adding that Faith fled her parents’
home on her own volition.
She said, “What happened was that the girl, Faith, claimed
that her mother was too harsh on her and she decided to run away with the
housemaid, who was eloping with her boyfriend. When they got to Abeokuta, the
home of the boyfriend, the man decided to habour the two of them. It was there
that he was sleeping with the maid, Mary, who had equally been declared missing
by her parents.
“The boyfriend, however, started having an affair with Faith
as well, which got the maid jealous. As a way of revenging, she decided to call
Faith’s parents to tell them their whereabouts. That was how the secret was
leaked. The matter is under investigation.”
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