SO SAD! Woman Disappears With Four Kids 30mins Into Starting Job As Assistant Teacher

The 33-year-old
proprietress of a neighbourhood home lesson at
Idi-Omo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, Mrs Kafayat
Olatubosun, has described the incident which led
to the disappearance of four pupils in her care as
one that is like a devil stalking her, after which he
crept in and struck.
A woman
simply identified as Eleha (woman in purdah)
disappeared with the kids on Tuesday, November
18, 2014. The children are yet to be found as at
time of filing this report
The four missing children, whose names were
given as Abdulsalam Aderibigbe, Abigail Adegunju,
Chidiebere and Onyiyechukwu were reportedly
taken away by the Eleha who disguised as
someone in need of an employment. She struck
within 30 minutes of starting her job as a lesson
assistant.
According to Mrs Olatunbosun who is nursing a 14-
month-old baby and is currently kept in protective
custody at State Criminal Investigation, Iyaganku,
Ibadan, "I started operating a neighbourhood
lesson for children at Sagbolada Compound, Idi
Omo, Ibadan in 2009. I rented a space in the
compound and I pay N500 monthly for it.
"I have about 35 pupils between the ages of one-
and-half and three. Sometimes, primary school
pupils sent home from their schools because of
non-payment of fees are brought by their parents
so that there would be no vacuum in their
academic lives. I collect N20 daily for each child
and the lesson hours are between 8a.m. and
1p.m."
The National Teachers Institution (NTI) certificate
holder and mother of three spoke further: "I had
been working alone all the years, with regular
assistance from my husband and a few elderly
women staying within and around the lesson.
"Whenever I wanted to move round to pick children
from their homes, my husband would stay with the
ones already in class. Same would happen in the
afternoon until the last child had been taken home.
Whenever he was busy in the shop where he works
as a lotto agent, the women who were like my in-
laws would assist me.
"The woman who did this evil work (kidnapping)
had been coming when I was still pregnant with
the 14-month-old baby I am nursing. She kept
pestering me that she wanted to work with me but
I told her that I did not need assistance.
"About a month after I resumed work, having spent
41 days at home after delivery, she came again
and I still insisted that I did not need an assistant.
She told me that she wanted to leave where she
was working because she was being owed salary. I
replied that I would not want a similar situation to
occur in our relationship because the children were
barely enough to take care of my own needs.
"I told her that I would like to inform my husband
which I did by calling him. But he could not come
because he was busy in his office. The woman told
me she would come back the following day. The
following morning, when I got to the lesson, at a
little after 8a.m., I met the woman waiting for me.
"Shortly after, my husband came and saw her too. I
said I would be paying her N3,000 monthly and she
agreed. My husband left for his office and I decided
to make the rounds to pick my pupils.
"I went the first round to pick the children and I
met the lady on my return. I went the second
round and still met her. Even some parents who
brought their children themselves saw her.
"It was on my return after the third round that she
was no longer around. I also noticed that one of the
children, Abdusalam, was missing. I shouted and
the elderly women around came.
I quickly called my husband on the phone and he
came. I met one of the parents who just brought
her child in and she said she did not meet anyone.
That was how we noticed that Abigail, Samson,
Chidiebere and Onyiyechukwu were also missing.
The last two children are siblings Samson, who is
three years old later walked back to us."
When asked if she could identify the woman, Mrs
Olatunbosun replied that she could.
Crime Reports learnt that the Idi Omo
neighbourhood was immediately thrown into
confusion as residents, especially the youths and
parents of the missing pupils, started searching for
the woman and the children.
The mother of two of the missing children who are
sisters was reported to have collapsed immediately
and had since been on admission. The older of her
two kids is three.
But the police image maker in Oyo State, Olabisi
Okuwobi-Ilobanafor said that Commissioner of
Police, Kola Shodipo has put his men on their toes
to unravel the identity of the woman, with a view of
arresting her.
Posted By David Aniemeka