Nannies are employed by several couples to help maintain
and sustain joy and peace in the home by helping out with taking care of the
kids when mum is busy or off to work.
But a nanny has brought untold sadness to the Orekoya
family on Lawanson Road, Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria, barely 24 hours after
she was employed. The nanny disappeared
with three children a day after she was employed.
The names of the missing children are Aderomola,
(11 months), Adedamola (4 years) and Demola (6 years).
The nanny, Mary Akinloye, a 23-year-old indigene
of Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have been contracted via OLX, an online sales
portal.
The children’s mother, Adebisi, told PUNCH
Metro that Akinloye looked older than her age and that her claim that she
was an indigene of Oyo State was questionable because of her accent.
She explained that the family had a nanny, who
suddenly stopped coming to work after observing her annual leave.
She said the family subsequently put up a post on
OLX, seeking the service of a new nanny.
She said, “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,
March 7) 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.”
Adebisi said the nanny was so much in a haste to
whisk the children away that she did not allow them to eat.
Her husband, Leke, a businessman, said the nanny
gave the family the contacts of her relatives, who they spoke with on the
telephone.
The relatives were said to have agreed to meet
with the Orekoyas during the week to finalise documentation.
He said, “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.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that the purported
relatives had since remained unreachable on their telephone lines.
The family was said to have contacted the police
from the Itire division, who reportedly told the family to wait for 24 hours.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth
Nwosu, confirmed the abduction, saying the police had started
investigation with a view to rescuing the children.
He said, “The police are making efforts to arrest
the suspects and rescue the children.”
So, you that is seeking to get a house-help or a
nanny, you need to do extra home work and research the person and collect enough
background details before venturing to take one. These are perilous times!
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