what her name again.

R2bees:
Ghen Ghen see Movie..... THINGS DEY HAPPEN FOR THIS COUNTRY SHAA..

Wahala nor dey finish for Naija!

Drugs, baby factory and now recently abduction I guess u know d tribe

Ezemarcel:
APC states and issues

THE FLAT HEADS DOING WHAT THEY KNOW BEST.
THE LOVERS OF STEALING & CORRUPTION

NewDelhi:
went missing at age 3 , still remember things vividly at age 8.. Where did she get that kind of memory from. .This is called childhood amnesia its very rare to remember events of aged 4-5 not to talk of 3 and below.

can you please read it again

kobosmart:
she no even fine sef

she was beutiful before until a certain igbo barren woman abducted her and fed her ugly igbo food. take note.

Oche211:
This girl is super intelligent for her to still trace her way back all alone.
She's the real mvp...

thanks to d govt, since no any development reach dat area it was very easy for her, if she is 12years now it mean she was probably 7yr when she was taken away...and a smart 7yr old kid will remember even after 20years as long as d landmark remain d same

Chitumu:
Her name said it all. IKIMOT mean wisdom.

And still people will say what's in a name? Thank God for her safe return.

Couldn't help but shed a little tears. Thank God it wasn't a case of rituals

Kidnappers need to be named and shamed.It may serve as deterrent for future baby buyers

Meanwhile why is this child's picture up and not blurred

iGISTMORE:
GistMore.com

The joy of the family of Ikimot Awojoju knows no bounds as she has been reunited with her family in the Oyingbo area of Lagos, five years after she went missing.

It was gathered that Ikimot lived with her guardian after her mother, Faidat Awojoju, passed away.

She reportedly went missing on her way back from school on July 23, 2014.

Ikimot’s guardian, Ajoke Abass, said she sold her valuables to raise the money needed to search for her but all efforts to find her proved abortive.

Abass told PUNCH Metro that after two years, she stopped searching but kept on praying for the safe return of the girl.

The Kwara State indigene said Ikimot’s return was an indication that her prayers were answered as everyone had assumed that she was dead.

The mother of four said, “Ikimot’s mother was an area sister to me and we took each other as family members. She already had a child before she got pregnant with Ikimot. The man responsible was not ready to accept the pregnancy and she wanted to abort it. I advised her against it and stood by her throughout the course of the pregnancy until she put to bed.

“I was the one looking after the child, while she was going about her business, because I am self-employed. When Ikimot clocked two years, her father came to apologise and promised to assume responsibility for the child’s upkeep, but he did not keep to his promise after her mother died.

“Ikimot was three when her mother died in 2011 and none of her family members was ready to take over the responsibility of taking care of her and her brother, so, I decided to take it up since I was the one taking care of her before and I was the one that encouraged her mother not to abort the pregnancy; Ikimot was in my custody and I took her older brother to one of my brothers, who is a cleric, to help me train him in the Islamic way.

“On the day that Ikimot went missing, she did not come back from school at the usual time and after some time, I told my children to go and check her in the school. They returned to say that they could not find her. I went to different police stations in search of her.

“I sold all I had to raise the money needed to conduct the search for her. After two years, my husband told me to stop searching and that I should just keep praying for her. And anytime my heart reached out to her, I would give alms to the poor on her behalf.”

Abass said when Ikimot returned, she could not recognise her initially, adding that the girl helped the police to arrest her captor.

“On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, I was outside the house playing with my children, when one of my neighbours called my attention to a girl that stood afar off. She asked if I recognised her and I said no, but the girl was smiling at me. My neighbour asked the girl if she knew me and she replied that she used to live with me.

“I took a second look at her and that was when I was flooded with memories of what she looked like. She arrived around 10pm and people were with us till midnight. When I took her into the room, she noted that I had changed the position of the bed, which really confirmed that she was the one, but she no longer understood Yoruba as she could only speak pidgin English and Igbo.

“In the morning, I took her to the Denton Police Station and I explained everything to the officers there. They took her statement and she kept on repeating an address as the residence of her abductor. We went with the police to the address and the woman was arrested.

“At first, the woman claimed that she was Ikimot’s mother, but when she was asked to provide her childhood pictures, she said she did not have any. She was also unable to produce her birth certificate and the girl insisted that she was not her mother.

“I was asked to bring everything that could prove that she was mine and the police also requested that her father must come to the station to corroborate the girl’s statement, which he did. When he came, the girl also recognised him as her father but the woman kept on insisting that she was the mother of the child.”

PUNCH Metro gathered that another child was also recovered from the suspected abductor, Christiana Onuchukwu, who eventually allegedly confessed to the police to have bought the children for N350,000 each.

She, however, failed to reveal the identities of the persons who sold the children to her.

“The 12-year-old girl, who was released to me on Monday, said she found her way back by asking people for direction,” Abass added.

Ikimot was quoted as saying, “On the day I was abducted, I was on my way back from school when a woman called me. When I went to meet her, she held my hand and took me away. One day, the woman I was made to live with (Onuchukwu) scolded me by saying that she would take me back to my family in Oyingbo and I held on to that.

“The day I wanted to leave, I kept telling people that I was going to Oyingbo and I was told to keep trekking. When I got to a point, I told a man that I was going to Oyingbo and he said that it was not far. He asked me if I had any money on me and I said no. He gave me N50 to board a tricycle.

“When I got to Oyingbo, I remembered that I usually passed through a rail track on my way back from school and I remembered that there was a storey building opposite the house I used to live in. That was how I was able to trace the house.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti, said investigation into the matter was ongoing.

“The girl has been reunited with her family. The woman that was found with the children has been arrested and investigation is ongoing,” he stated.

https://punchng.com/pupil-reunites-with-family-five-years-after-going-missing/amp/

Which investigation again, matter don close na..

fl@theads pigs.Like nah dis una dey developed

To God be the glory!

NewDelhi:
went missing at age 3 , still remember things vividly at age 8.. Where did she get that kind of memory from. .This is called childhood amnesia its very rare to remember events of aged 4-5 not to talk of 3 and below.

Nope. She was three when her mother died in 2011. Which means she was born in 2008 which makes her 11 years old now. Which means she went missing when she was 6 years old.

NewDelhi:
went missing at age 3 , still remember things vividly at age 8.. Where did she get that kind of memory from. .This is called childhood amnesia its very rare to remember events of aged 4-5 not to talk of 3 and below.

you didn't read the story or what? she's 12yrs now , that means she was 7 when she went missing.

poshbrave:
thank God for her return, and thanks to d crippling govt for not developing d area after five years, if not she for no remember her house, basically most areas in Nigeria 5years ago are still d same or even worst today.

Good observation...

Chai what a reunion, this is clearly a super story.

NewDelhi:
went missing at age 3 , still remember things vividly at age 8.. Where did she get that kind of memory from. .This is called childhood amnesia its very rare to remember events of aged 4-5 not to talk of 3 and below.

how did u passed maths or English, she is 12 now so she went mussing five years ago, so she was 7yrs wen she got missing. Now English is a major problem here for u, it was stated her mum died when she was 3yrs

Dickhead02:
you didn't read the story or what? she's 12yrs now , that means she was 7 when she went missing.

You dey answer am? Dumb and lazy people boku for nairaland, that's why they fail simple exams in schools... No be today!

Ezemarcel:
APC states and issues

And criminality in your region was zero right. The kidnapping, robbery, drug baron, pipeline vandalization and other social vices .remove dirt from your eyes first before u remove dirt from another man's eyes.

Reminds me of Madeleine Beth McCann in 2007.

kobosmart:
she no even fine sef

She no fine? Didnbyou see the picture? Oya sample you picture and that of your lineage let's see what you guys look like.

tsinzu:
To God be the glory, the abductors should be made to face the music

See, that's the sad thing with this country. No justice.
If that woman that bought her from her abductor is rich enough, she would just bribe her way through it. Initial reports said she is not disclosing who sold the child to her.
If she pays the police and give Ikimot's guardian some bundles of naira notes to pacify her, then the case dies off.
Ikimot's people will just be happy she has returned. Any money would be seen as additional bonus to go into the child's education.

Just another day in the jungle.

Itzurboi:
Please pray for BbqMannagrillz, (S)he has been missing after the presidential election, i just hope (s)he has not been roasted....

You mean sarrki? He is a known political suya merchant and I always knew he was a serious APC agent.

Thank you Lord

NewDelhi:
went missing at age 3 , still remember things vividly at age 8.. Where did she get that kind of memory from. .This is called childhood amnesia its very rare to remember events of aged 4-5 not to talk of 3 and below.

Oga obviously you didn't read the write up or you didn't comprehend it.
She did not get missing at age 3 sir.
Rather her mother died when she was aged 3 in 2011. 3 yrs later in 2014 she got missing ,that puts her age at 6 yrs old.

A smart 6 yr old girl like she is, can vividly remember things, yes it's not common but not all kids are dummies.
This is one of the smart breeds.

That's good news.

If it's this ice-cream and noodles children, they will never know their way back B'cos their parents always convey them to school with Venza.

My Pikin, you do well oooooo

I just hope she has not been abused