A young female orphan, Taiwo Olakunle, has been declared missing since she reportedly disappeared with her supposed boyfriend from her house on Adeosun Street, Balogun in the Iju area of Lagos state.
The 18-year-old fleeing teenager was reportedly brought from Ondo state in July 2014 and had since stayed with her aunt’s family.
According to Punch, Olakunle was enrolled to learn the art of Hair Dressing in a Salon on November 2014 and was reportedly beaten up by some boys who claimed she intruded into their discussion.
It was gathered that the police officials of the Iju Police Division after they were intimated about the case had arrested some persons in connection with the assault.
On Wednesday, November 12, Olakunle returned from the hospital where she went for tratment and reportedly packed her load from the house and disappeared with the unidentified man.
The police had since been on the trail to find the teenager and had even arrested her aunt, Ola Lawal and her husband with a two-day detention as investigation progresses.
Her aunt, Mrs. Lawal had on Monday,January 13, 2015 narrated how she had gone to the village to bring Olakunle to Lagos after her parents had died.
She said, “Taiwo (Olakunle) is my niece. Her parents are dead. She was just staying idle in our town in Ondo State and I decided to bring her to Lagos. I enrolled her at the hairdressing salon two months after she arrived in Lagos.
“On November 12, she came back from treating herself at the hospital. The men who beat her up said she was intruding into their discussion, but the police arrested them and charged them to court.
“When she came back that November 12, some people said they saw her pack her things and walk out of the compound.
“They said they saw a motorcycle rider pick her up and zoom off. That was the last time we ever saw her. She was already doing well in the hairdressing vocation, and her boss liked her. All the time she stayed with us, we did not allow her to indulge herself. I still cannot believe a girl who does not know Lagos will disappear like that.
“On December 22, the police at Iju even came to arrest my husband and me. We slept in the cell and were released the following day because it was alleged that we were hiding her.”
On the other hand, the husband to the aunt, Mr. Ibrahim Lawal, disclosed how some neighbours had informed of Olakunle’s flirtatious attitude.
He said, “When one of our neighbours came on a visit and heard about Taiwo, she said she saw her at Katangowa Market in the Abule Egba area buying some clothes with a man. She said she did not call out to her because she was not aware the teenager was being searched for.
“Another person told us he saw her on another evening in the Alagbado area going out with a man.This girl should have mercy on us and return home. If she wants to get married, let her inform us officially and then go.”
Her boss at the Hair dressing salon, Mrs. Tosin Bada disclosed that she had once sent a man away after he came looking for the missing girl in her salon.
The Lagos State Police spokesperson, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, who confirmed that the incident said, “Taiwo Olakunle is about four feet tall and fair in complexion.
“If seen, the public should contact the Iju Police Station.”
