Missing two boys impregnated 13-year-old ─ Police

Firstclass newsline learnt that In a sudden twist, the police have
said two teenagers, who went missing a month ago in the Solomade,
Ikorodu area of Lagos State and were found in Ogun State last
Saturday, ran away from home.
The police said the boys ─ Daniel and Channing Odugbo ─ had slept with
a 13-year-old member of their church and got her pregnant, adding that
their escape was planned to avoid the victim's family.
Police officials, attached to the Igbogbo division, who spoke with a
source on Thursday, said Daniel's father, Moses Odugbo, informed them
at the station that one of the missing teenagers sent a text message
to him (Moses), apologising for running away.
Firstclass newsline had reported that Daniel and Channing went missing
after they were sent on separate errands on September 9.
Their parents had alleged that while looking for them, policemen from
the Igbogbo division collected N4,500.
The two boys were found on Saturday close to the Redeemed Christian
Church of God's Redemption Camp.
Their father, Moses, told our correspondent that the victims were
under medication due to what they had gone through in the hands of
their abductors.
But the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Igbogbo division
said Moses was trying to cover up for the misdeed of his children.
He said, "What really happened was that the two boys slept with a
13-year-old girl and she became pregnant. The girl was a member of
their church and they did not report it to any station.
"But the girl's parents were always going to their house and making
trouble with the family. So, it was in the heat of that that the boys
fled the house.
"The man claimed that he came here to report and he was not allowed to
see me. He claimed that somebody collected money from him, which was
false because my doors are always open."
The DPO said he later took over the case and found out that the
victims were sighted around Ogoja Road, a place near their hometown.
He said he called Moses to give him the information, but he dismissed it.
"A few days later, he called that he had found them on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. I asked him to bring them on Tuesday and he
promised to do that. I was surprised when I read in the paper that the
boys were not in good condition and were mentally unstable," he added.
A policewoman at the station told the sourcethat Moses had informed
her that one of the teenagers sent him a text message, saying he was
not missing.
She said, "He showed me the text message. We never asked for money for
signals because there is no way he can afford to pay for signals.
"It was one of his friends that came with him to the station that
later told us the boys defiled somebody and that was why they fled the
house."
A source called Moses to respond to all the allegations, but his phone rang out.
When a source visited the Odigbos, Regina denied the police
allegations, adding that it was a relative that was involved in the
pregnancy mess and had been sent back to the village.
She added that the family had decided to take the children to the
police station. Regina said she was still recovering from shock of the
"whole drama," and showed the source the drug she had been using.
Daniel said, "I had gone to withdraw N5, 000, but the ATM stopped
dispensing cash when it got to my turn. I left the place and I saw
Channing where he was buying milk. We decided to go to another bank
together.
"We were returning home when a man beckoned on us and asked for the
direction to a street. That was the last thing I can remember."
Channing also said he suddenly saw himself on the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway with his brother.
Residents also confirmed that there was indeed a pregnancy issue,
adding that the teenagers were not involved.
A resident said, "Yes, there was a nephew of theirs from Port
Harcourt, who was living with them. The man was the one who
impregnated the girl from their church.
"The man ran away and we have not seen him. I am not sure it had
anything to do with the boys' disappearance."
Firstclassnewsline.net