NAN – A six-year old girl, Miss Kosisochukwu Akilo, was abducted by unknown gunmen from her family house in Enugu.
The mother of the girl, Mrs. Ebele Akilo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday that the gunmen broke into their house in the early hours of Sunday.
Mrs. Akilo said the two armed men broke into the house located at No. 56, River Lane, GRA, Enugu around 2 a.m. on Sunday through the toilet window.
According to Mrs. Akilo, the men demanded for money and her trinkets but she told them that she did not have any as her trinkets were stolen barely a month ago.
The woman said they later asked for her children and she showed them where they were sleeping, adding that they quickly grabbed her second daughter, collected her phone and left the house on a bike.
“I cried and begged them to leave my daughter but they refused. I am calling on everybody to please help me find my daughter,’’ she said.
Akilo, who works with the state ministry of lands, said the kidnappers had not contacted the family.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the report, saying the police were working on how to rescue the child.
“We have mounted intensive search for the child and I assure you that she will be rescued,’’ Amaraizu said.