Two children of the same parents last week allegedly disappeared from their school, Igwedimma Nursery and Primary school, Amawbia, Awka South LGA of Anambra State.
The children; Kamsiyochukwu and Chidera, aged two and four years respectively, were said to have gone missing at the end of school day, when their mother came to pick them.
The children according to the Head Teacher of the School, Mrs. Anene Stella who were in Nursery one and two respectively had been left in the class by their teacher, along with other children to pick a document at home, but were discovered missing when she returned.
According to her, "It was on July 3. We had a meeting with the Education Secretary at the LG Headquarter Awka South LG Area and I went for the meeting. The meeting lasted till the school closed. So after our meeting I went home from there and did not come back to the school.
"At about 4pm I was at St Mary’s Catholic Church Awka to attend a meeting when I received a call from one of my teacher that they were looking for the two children. She said the mother was in the school too, and they joined her in searching for them but could not find them anywhere."
Anene said she rushed to the school immediately and joined in the search without result and later went to the central police station to be enter a report.
Mrs. Rosemary Chinyere Ezekwere, mother of the children told our correspondent that she registered the children herself last term, after she got a new job in Amawbia.
She said since she was new in town, and had no house help, she decided that the children would be staying with one of their teachers after school, until she came to pick them.
She said: “I came here around January because I got employed with the Anambra State internal revenue service. When I came to register the children I approached the headteacher of the school, Mrs Stella Anene and told her that I am alone here in Amawbia because my husband lives in the village where he does his business, I pleaded with her and told her that at the moment I had no helper and I would want to know how one of the teacher could assist me to look after the children after their dismissal.
"She suggested that I should go and meet the nursery 2A teacher. I went and met the teacher explained to her my predicament and she accepted. She agreed that she can stay with them till 3pm and she was doing it diligently.
"That faithful day I came to the school at 2pm prompt, but when I entered their class none of the teachers was seen as usual in any of the classes. I could also not see my children, I only saw their bags and their launch boxes. I opened their lunch box and the food they carried to school was also intact.
"I saw other children that I used to meet in their class each time I came to collect them, but I didn't see my children. I rushed out to the school compound to see if they are outside playing with some of the children, but they were not there."
She said the teacher in charge of the children later came, but when she asked her about the children she told her she left them in the class.
"She told me that the Aunty for nursery 2A told her to look after the kids when she was going to market, but while she was in the class the head teacher called her to bring her BVN number because the one she submitted was not complete and she left it at home so she went to her house to pick it."
Ezekwere said she and her husband have also made official report to the police station, but days after the report, no news of the children have been heard.
The obviously agitated mother who is also pregnant broke down in tears, calling for help from anyone who could assist her recover her lost children.
Attempts to get reaction from the Anambra State police spokesperson, SP Haruna Mohammed on the efforts of the police to recover the children failed as calls and text messages to his phone were neither answered, returned or replied.
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