Help Recover My Missing Son, Family Begs IGP

Help Recover My Missing Son, Family Begs IGP

The Mudashiru family has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to prevail on all police formations across the country to help them find and recover their missing Son. 

Help Recover My Missing Son, Family Begs IGP
Daniel in His School Uniform

Newera News gathered that the missing two years old boy, Daniel Akorode Mudashiru, was playing outside the compound at At No. 46 Olayinka Street Ajegunle Apapa Lagos. Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area when he was stolen on Sunday 28th of November 2021 by yet to be identified person.

Information reaching our newsdesk indicated he was last seen on Sunday evening of November 28, 2021, wearing a casual outfit.

Information reaching our news desk indicated he was last seen on Sunday evening of November 28, 2021, wearing a casual brown Ankara native outfit.

All efforts to locate his whereabouts by friends and family members proved abortive.

The family is therefore calling on families, friends, well-wishers, religious organizations,  and non-governmental organisations to assist them in finding their son.

Mercy Akorode Mudashiru is the mother of the child, who was visibly traumatized told our correspondent in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, said, the grief over the missing child rubbed the family the Joy of the Yuletide season.
” My family did not celebrate Christmas and New Year, in fact, we didn’t know whether any celebration was going on this past year”, she said.

The female auto mechanic, who wept profusely as she narrated the family’s ordeal, said, “My son, Daniel, was stolen, and not missing. There is a child theft cartel in Ajegunle, Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Apapa, Lagos, where we live. Many kids have been stolen and their whereabouts still remain a mystery”.

“It is a monthly occurrence and the police are yet to bust the syndicate. As I am crying today, so many families are also weeping, mourning and gnashing their teeth over a similar fate of stolen children”.

She said, “the Nigeria Police should do something drastic to bust the criminal gang that steals little children in Ajegunle”.

She continued subbing, saying, “It was not as if I was careless. My son was playing with his friends in our compound”.

She recalled that at first there was no cause for alarm knowing her son was in a safe hand. “I was not really worried, because he was in safe hands. And after some time, Daniel came home, took his meal and went back to join his playmates. But at about 6 pm, I felt that it was getting late”.

“Subsequently, I went outside to pick my son, but there was no one outside. I went from house to house in search of my son but the kids told me that they left him outside. I became apprehensive and raised the alarm.

Help Recover My Missing Son, Family Begs IGP

“A search and rescue operation was conducted but there was no success and we ran to the police station, where we were told to wait for 24 hours”.

“After 24 hours, we went back to Ajeromi Police Station, where the case was incidented, but there has been no good response from the police. Since that fateful Sunday, my family has been in mourning. It is better to know that your child is dead than to be subjected to the mental and psychological torture of wondering what is happening to him or what could have happened to him”.

“I don’t wish my enemy what is happening to me. and I don’t know who is holding my child, but I am begging you whoever you may be, in the name of God, to bring back my Daniel, please. If you need money, please, we will raise it and give it to you. Think of God and your children’s future and give me back my child”.

She went further to appeal to the Nigerian Police Force to intensify their search to rescue her son. “I am begging our IGP, Mr. Alkali, to use his good office and prevail on police formations across the country to help me search for my son, Daniel. I am also appealing to other security agencies to wade into the matter.

“My appeals also go to Nigerians and non-governmental organisations to assist me in finding and bringing back my son. My life has crashed. I am injured and devastated” she cried louder.

Please, contact us on 07032698251 or the nearest police station. for any useful information that will lead to reuniting Daniel with his family”

Members of the public are advised to be vigilant and report suspicious persons the the authorities.