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Two children of a visually impaired woman, identified simply as Agnes, who have gone missing since November 28, 2023 have been found after 10 months of search.
Two-year-old Excel Forte and her step sister, Joy, were discovered missing for the past 10 months.
Agnes had raised the alarm over the disappearance of Excel from their residence in the Akowonjo area of Lagos State.
Agnes said she was in the room when the 13-year-old Joy and Excel were both playing along the corridor of their apartment.
She said he could no longer hear their voices after a while, and attempts to locate their whereabouts since then had been unsuccessful.
Rocketparrot News gathered that the children were eventually seen at an orphanage home in the Bariga area of Lagos State.
She said, “We have kept searching for them since they left home and all our efforts were not successful. This was until my mother-in-law reached out to us and told me that she received a call from someone who informed her of the whereabouts of the children.
"She said they promised to get back to her and they later called again and said the kids were in their orphanage around Lady Lak in Bariga.”
The husband, John, said the two kids were found wandering about when the police rescued them and took them to a welfare centre.
He further stated that upon getting to the location, Joy decided to conceal details about herself.
He said, “I went to the orphanage and saw them there. I was told they were seen wandering about at Ago Palace Way the second day they left home and were approached by a policewoman who interrogated them and took them to the Alakara Police Station. It was from there that they were brought to the orphanage home.
“But when they got there, Joy did not disclose anything to them about her background and where she came from until about three months ago when she decided to reveal details about herself to them and that was how she gave them the contact of my mum.”
John disclosed that it took him weeks before the orphanage could release them to him as he had to perfect some documents, including a court order granting their custody to him.
When asked if Joy disclosed reasons for her actions, the father said she had yet to.
