The Ogwashi Uku community in Aniocha South council area of Delta state was thrown into confusion following the abduction of four children.
The children who were abducted in mysterious circumstances include a six-year-old girl, Ebube Nwafido, and her sister, Miracle, aged three, both of the same parent, and two other girls, Chimanda, a seven-year-old, and Excel alias Tinubu, a five-year-old, also of another parent.
Reports from the area said residents of Umuokwe quarters, where the crime was committed, are pointing accusing fingers at three women who secured emergency accommodation in the neighborhood as suspects last Monday.
Sources said the women allegedly lured the children on Friday, pretending to buy them biscuits from a popular supermarket in the community.
The Guardian gathered that when the children and the other two could not be seen around the compound after some time, neighbors expressed concern. By the time they visited the ladies’ apartment, neither the occupants nor the children could be found, as the room was empty.
The father of Ebube and Miracle, Kingsley Nwafido, and his wife, who are heavily traumatized, expressed shock over the sudden disappearance of the children.
Delta Police spokesman, Bright Edafe, said the matter is being investigated.
