A commercial driver in Agbor, Delta State, is sending a strong
appeal to Nigerians for help to reunite an eight-year-old boy with his
family. The boy was abandoned in the driver’s vehicle at Agbor, the
reporter gathered.
According to the
driver, whose name is being withheld by this
newspaper, the boy has not been in contact with his family since
September 3, last year after the kid and his father had boarded a
vehicle from Asaba to Agbor.
The driver, who said he was heading to Benin City, had made a
stop-over at the Uromi Road junction motor park where some passengers
disembarked. However, when the driver was ready to take off again, his
attention was drawn to the little boy by a passenger who noticed that
the boy had been abandoned. The boy’s father had apparently absconded,
leaving the boy to his fate.
Determined to find the boy’s father, the driver returned to the park
in search of him. Unfortunately, there was no trace of him. All efforts
to locate him proved futile. To worsen the situation, the little boy
couldn’t give an account of his identity or where he was going to. The
driver had to take the child to the Divisional Police Headquarters in
Agbor, Delta State, where he narrated the boy’s ordeal.
“I had reported the incident to the Divisional Police Station after
several efforts to trace this boy’s father failed. I equally made
inquiries at the motor park to see if there was anybody who had reported
a case of a missing or forgotten child at the park. Surprisingly, there
was no recorded complaint till date, neither has the Agbor police
investigations yielded any positive results to identify the victim.
However, there seems to be an increasing concern for the welfare of
the boy. The Police and the Delta State Ministry of Women Affairs,
Community and Social Development in Asaba are collaborating to ensure
that they get useful information that might help the boy reunite with
his family.
At the moment, the child is at an orphanage in Agbor.
Assistant Chief Social Welfare Officer in Asaba, Mr. Ogoegbunam
Adibeli, said till date, the child had not been able to disclose his
name or his background
Anyone with useful information on the boy or how the child might be
reunited with his family should contact the newspaper, the Divisional
Police Headquarters in Agbor, Ministry of Women Affairs, the community
or Social Development, Asaba. The Assistant Social Welfare Officer, Mr.
Ogoegbunam Adibeli may be reached on 08060517515.
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