Abducted Schoolgirl Recounts Horrific Details About Lucky Escape From Kidnappers’ Den

Damilola Fasanya, a 10-year-old girl who went missing on Saturday, January 9, 2016 in the Ipaja area of Lagos, reportedly returned home two days later to recount horrific details of her stay at the kidnappers’ den.

According to Punch, Damilola said that on Saturday, she was on her way back from the errand she ran for her father around their street at Ipaja when a vehicle double-crossed her.

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She said she was about rebuking the strange men in the vehicle for blocking her path, when two of them jumped out and forced her into their car.

“There were three of them in the vehicle. I became dizzy and did not know where I was again when one of them hit me with a strange object inside their vehicle,” Damilola said.

The girl said she faintly remembered that while they were on their way, a police patrol team stopped the men but the kidnappers sped off.

“The police started chasing the vehicle but the men escaped. The police van could not catch up with them. When we got to their boss, I noticed that it was a street.

There were many houses there but I still did not know where I was. There were other children and older people in the house too. Their boss then told them to bring me before him,” she added.

Damilola said she noticed that none of the men sounded like Yoruba as they were conversing in pidgin English.

Something very strange thing however happened when she was brought before a man. She said:

“Immediately I got to his presence, he became angry. I noticed that blood started coming out of his body. He told his men, ‘See blood all over my body now. You brought an abomination to me.’

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He then dipped his hand inside his clothe and brought out a gun. He shot one of his men – the man who had touched me with the object while we were in the car.

The one that was shot then fell down bleeding. There was blood everywhere. I did not know whether he died or not. The boss was angry. He said next time, they should not bring the wrong candidate to him. He then told the rest to pack him up and throw him away.”

Damilola said the man then told his men to go and dump her somewhere too.

Later, she said they dropped her around Super Bus Stop along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, where some sympathisers who saw her roaming the area took her to the Isokoko Police Division where she was soon reunited with her family.

Spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Mrs. Dolapo Badmus, who confirmed the story, said the police are working on the girl’s testimony to investigate the activities of the kidnappers.