By Moshood Adebayo.
The Ogun State Government has declared five children missing from the Stella Obasanjo Motherless Children’s Home, Abeokuta, the state capital.
The home, located in the Government Reservation Area of the state capital, was named after Stella Obasanjo, the wife of former president Olusegun Obasanjo who died in October, 2005 after a surgery abroad
The government who lamented the situation said it discovered the ugly development last Thursday and had since reported the incident to the Police.
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile, the government said: ‘’The attention of the Ogun State Government has been drawn to an incident concerning five children that allegedly escaped from the Stella Obasanjo Motherless Children’s Home in Abeokuta.
He added: ‘’It is pertinent to note that the state government has reported the incident to the police since Friday after discovering the children missing on Thursday night.’’
‘’It is also noteworthy to say that the children do not have free access to go out of the premises as there is no such thoroughfare. They are strictly monitored. So, it was shocking and most surprising that they found their way out of the premises’
The commissioner said the state government had taken steps to bring them back into the home as the matter was promptly reported to the police and all those on duty on the night of the incident were promptly queried.
Odusile hinted that if need be, the administration of Dapo Abiodun may set up a panel to further look into the matter, ‘’but we want the police to continue their investigation before we take any further step.
‘’Ogun State is a no-go-area for criminal minded individuals. If it is established that some of our staff were involved in any shady deal, they would be promptly brought to book. We live in a society where we allow the law to take its course’’ he stated.
