Anambra Police searches family of a found wandering 10-year old

Favour Obu

ANAMBRA State Police Command has found a young girl, Favour Obu aged about 10 years from Okija in Anambra State wandering at Upper Iweka and brought to the State Police Command headquarters Awka by a good citizen.

SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO Anambra State Police Command, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday at Awka, Anambra state capital adding that the found child was exposed to moral danger.

According to the found child, she is in primary three at St. Anthony School Okija and that her aunt which she stays with in Okija allegedly put her inside a car from Okija after which she was dropped in Onitsha.

The Police requests anyone with information to enable the biological parents who according to the child lives in Igbo-Ukwu or her close relatives identify her.

In addition, anyone with useful information about the found child should report at Okija Divisional Police Station or contact PPRO Anambra State Police Command through GSM number 08060970639.

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