A 14- year-old boy, Lucky Godwin who was kidnapped from Avuna river in Enugu has escaped from his abductors in Niger state.
Narrating his ordeal in Minna, Godwin who said he was kidnapped with another boy said that he escaped his abductors by jumping out of the bus when the bus arrived in Bida and ran away.
“I do not know where they were taking us to until they stopped over at Bida. I opened the door and ran away. When they could not see me they quickly zoomed off with the other boy in the bus.
“I was not sure where they are taking us, I never knew that we were in Niger state until I jumped down from the bus and met one Igbo man who took me to Child Right’s Agency for more interrogation.â€
Describing how he was kidnapped, the victim said, Godwin said that two men came to the Avuna river where they were fetching water and forced them into their red bus where they were zoomed off to unknown destination.
The notorious Avuna river is said to have connecting links to five villages, making it to look like bar beach where a lot of people visit on daily.
The Director General of the Niger state Child Rights Agency, Barrister Mariam Kolo confirmed the incident saying the victim was kidnapped in Avanu river, Enugu state and later found in Bida.
Kolo said Godwin was kidnapped along side with one other boy who could not jumped out from the bus when their kidnappers arrived Bida town.
According to her, the victim was brought to our office by an Igbo man living in Bida and after interrogation the agency found out that Godwin was living with his grandmother in Enugu while the biological mother lives in Jos.
She added that the investigation is on going admonishing parents to always know the whereabout of their children at any given time.
www.sojworld.com (c) November 18, 2018
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