It was learnt that Ezennia, who is in Basic 4 in Anambra State, had come to Lagos from Nneni village to spend her holiday with her relatives in the big city. The girl, however, fled her relatives’ apartment on Ishola Bello Close, Iyalla Street, Alausa, Lagos, in the afternoon of Thursday, November 20, when the family had gone out.
It was further learnt that she had a record of fleeing home to stay with men when she was in the village in Anambra.When the girl’s aunt, Mrs. Ambrose Okolo and her husband returned from work Ezennia was gone...
According to Punch, during the initial search for her, some neighbours told the Okolos that they saw the girl walking away with a man in the afternoon.
Ezennia was said to have told the neighbours that her aunt maltreated her and had travelled away for a week. Hence, she would be staying with a friend during that period.
It was learnt that the family reported the matter at the Alausa Police Division the following day. The police invited some persons, who allegedly saw the girl, for interrogation.
Ezennia, who speaks only Igbo fluently, was supposed to return to her village by the end of December.
When Punch visited the apartment on Tuesday, Mr Okolo, who is a self-employed chartered accountant, said the family was anxious to know the supposed lover, who had been shielding the girl, adding that all efforts to locate her had proved unsuccessful.
She said, “Ezennia is just 13, but she looks big enough to be called a man’s wife. If you see her, you will think she is a lady. She just came from the village to spend some time with us and she is supposed to go back this December. But since that Thursday, we have yet to find her.
“The reason I suspect she may be with a lover is because of some recent developments. Just a week before that incident, I travelled to Benue for a programme, and she was alone with my children in the house. There is a phone that my children use which contains only my number and my husband’s.
“But when she fled home and we started the search, I picked up the phone and to my surprise, I saw a string of strange numbers.
“The children said Ezennia used the phone when I travelled. I wondered who she might have been calling since she is new in Lagos.”
Efforts to obtain her photo were unsuccessful as the teenager had yet to take any since she got to Lagos.
“If seen, the public should contact Alausa Police Station,” said the police.
“If seen, the public should contact Alausa Police Station,” said the police.
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