A non-governmental organisation, Al-Mu’minaat Social Advocacy Project (SAP), has called on security operatives to expedite action in securing the release of the Orekoya kids who were kidnapped last Wednesday.
A statement by its coordinator, Mrs Sherifah Yusuf-Ajibade, expressed dismay that the three abducted boys are still in captivity.
The kids – Ademola (6), Adedamola (4) and Aderomola (11 months) were abducted by their housemaid on April 8, a day after she was hired.
The housemaid, Mary Akinloye, a 23-year-old indigene of Ibadan, Oyo States, was hired through OLX, an online trading portal.
The agency, formerly known as Dealfish, deals in buying and selling; it is also a free classified advert website where one can easily post adverts including vacancies for free.
Akinloye was said to have told the kids’ eldest brother, Michael (10), that she was going to buy his siblings’ biscuits.
The group said the innocent children have a great future and must be protected.
“Parents,” they said, “must see this as a lesson on the need to be security-conscious and be watchful on whom they hand over their children to.
“Technology is a great innovation but it is still very important to be critical and security conscious in our interactions, especially when bringing unknown people into our homes.
“It is important to always keep in mind that children are a trust from God which we will be accountable for and it is important we keep this in mind in raising them.”
The SAP coordinator said Islam lays emphasis on the home and mandates parents to make the best decisions for the family by placing the interest of the children and the home above individual interests.