Love intoxicates! The police in Lagos are on the trail of a
teenage girl, Taiwo Olakunle, who allegedly ran away from
home and is believed to be with a suspected boyfriend.
Olakunle’s case is the second of such in six weeks in
Lagos. The 18-year-old girl, who was staying with her
aunt’s family, the Lawals, on Adeosun Street, Balogun in
the Iju area of Lagos, had only been brought from Ondo in
July 2014 and she fell madly in love within few months with
the guy.
It was learnt that the teenager was enrolled in November
2014 as an apprentice in a hair dressing salon. However,
on November 11 while at the salon, she was reportedly
beaten up by a gang of street boys who claimed she
intruded into their discussion.
The matter was reported to the Iju Police Division, and the
police arrested Olakunle’s suspected assaulters.
According to Punch, on the following day, however, when
she came back from a hospital, she was said to have
packed her belongings and sneaked out of the house with a
man, believed to be her lover, who had yet to be identified.
When the family that Olakunle was staying with noted that
the teenager was missing, they reported the matter to the
police at Iju. The aunt, Ola Lawal, lamented that they had
searched everywhere for her.
She added that in the course of investigation, the police
arrested her and her husband and detained them for two
days. 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
wasintruding 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.”
The husband to the aunt, Mr. Ibrahim Lawal, disclosed that
about a week ago, two neighbours said they saw the girl in
separate locations with men.
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.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident. He urged those
who saw the teenager to report to the police at Iju.
He said, “Taiwo Olakunle is about four feet tall and fair in
complexion. If seen, the public should contact the Iju Police
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