TWO teenagers, who absconded from their parents’ home in Abuja under the guise that they were two poor to take proper care of them have been rescued by the police.
The teenagers, thirteen years old Chidubem Amaechi and fourteen years old Chinedu Onyebuchi were rescued by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad in Ojodu Berger area of the state.
The duo, who have been reunited with their families had lied to the police that they were kidnapped by some identified persons.
The teenagers were sighted by the officers wandering around Ojodu-Berger before they were invited for questioning.
They added that they escaped from their abductors while they were sleeping under the bridge before Ogun–Lagos long bridge.
The officers later moved the boys to the RRS headquartersin Alausa, Ikeja where an investigation into their kidnapping was launched immediately.
While the investigations were on, officers suspected the children were lying about the kidnapping story.
Their parents, who have been looking for the boys in Abuja since Sunday, May 14, 2017, were shocked when contacted that their children were in the custody of Rapid Response Squad in Lagos.
It took three days of questioning before, Chidubem Amaechi opened up that he and Chinedu Onyebuchi, connived to leave Abuja because of the poor states of their parents.
One of the rescued teenagers, Amaechi said “we noticed that our parents were suffering in order to take care of us. We decided to come to Lagos and work for sometimes. Whatever we are able to raise in six months, we would handover to our parents for them to start business”.
He also added that “We realised that the hardship was too much and that we would be helping them if we leave our families in Abuja in search of better opportunities in Lagos, he stressed.
Amaechi also narrated that, “I brought my N4,200:00 savings while Chinedu added N500 as transport fare to Lagos. We were already in Lagos before we realised that we were simply being stupid. We were wandering about when the officer invited us for questioning”.
The Commander, Rapid Response Squad, ACP Olatunji Disu, who received the parents of the teenagers on the fifth day of being in the custody in his office, appealed to parents and guardian to monitor and take good care of their wards.
The boys were re-united and released to their parents on Friday after they had promised not to repeat their actions again.
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