A four-year-old Nursery 2 pupil, Chidogam Wike, has been abducted in Rivers state.
Wike was kidnapped weeks ago in his parents’ compound on Ekani Avenue, Mile 4, Wimpy, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
According to reports, the child was playing with other children on the premises when a stranger lured on the pretext to buy him a toy.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that his parents had left him and his six-year-old brother behind while they attended a burial in the neighbourhood on Saturday, July 7, 2018, around 12pm. They were at the event when they received the news of their son’s abduction, which made them rush back home. .
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Chidogam’s mother, Blessing Wike, said after a search around the community yielded no result, the case was reported to the police.She said, “He is my second child. He and his brother were playing outside with other children when my husband I went for the burial. We were at the funeral when a neighbour called me that they could not find Chidogam. I learnt one man wearing a Fez cap abducted him while he (the abductor) was playing with the children with toys. We have been looking for him since then .
. “I believe the man used charms because my son doesn’t follow people like that. We have reported to the police and done the necessary things. We are hoping in God to reunite him with us in a miraculous way. His elder brother wanted to give him food when he discovered he was missing.’’
Chidogam’s uncle, who spoke to punch correspondent on the telephone, said the kidnapper took advantage of the burial to kidnap the boy, adding that the case was reported at the Anti-Kidnapping unit and the Kala Police Station.
