Family’s only child after 10 years of marriage, abducted in Lagos

Two-year-old Samuel Akpuafor (Jnr), who was abducted at Okokomaiko, in May, was had by his mother, 10 years after marriage, The Nation reports. It’s gathered that 20 children between the ages 2 and 5 have disappeared in the area within the last three months.

The father, Samuel Akpuafor, said his world collapsed when his only child was kidnapped. His words: “That boy is my everything. He was eating the potato outside and the housemaid was with him. She said a woman came into the compound that she was pressed and she directed her to the restroom.

After easing herself, she said the woman came back and told her she was waiting for someone. Being a small girl, she did not suspect anything. She left the woman and then went inside to do something while my son was still eating outside. But when she came out, she only saw the plate of potato without my son and the woman was gone as well.

I have gone to all the police stations in this area with his picture. I have also gone to the radio room but we have not seen him yet. My wife too has been moving from church to church. We are begging anyone with our son to bring him back. He’s the only child we have.” .

Another parent, Ezindu Nwosu, whose 4-year-old son, Chibuzor, was kidnapped on June 24, while he was playing in front of his grandmother’s house, said more than 10 kids have gone missing in three weeks.