It was gathered that officials of the orphanage told her family to forget the child because he had already been given out.
The tale has been told of Funke Olajide, a mentally ill lady whose child disappeared from an orphanage in Ondo State.
According to The PUNCH, after eight years of search, the family of Funke Olajide had been excited to reunite with her in January 2021, while a person knowledgeable them of her whereabouts in Ofoso community, Ondo State, wherein she wandered to from Lagos, after suffering from intellectual infection.
But her family has been thrown into some other spherical of search after gaining knowledge of that a toddler she gave birth to at some point of the length disappeared from the Ondo State Orphanage Home, Okure.
PUNCH Metro gathered that officials of the orphanage told her own family to forget about the child due to the fact he had already been given out.
Funke’s brother, Olusegun, claimed that a senior reputable of the house instructed them the kid changed into “bought”, so he might not starve to dying after the authorities stopped funding the orphanage in October 2020.
Olusegun said even though his sister was getting better from madness, she had continued to invite for her son.
He said, “About eight years ago, she went to the Cherubim and Seraphim Church at Olodi Apapa, Lagos. While every body again home, we did no longer see her. We stated at a police station and visited many church buildings and prayer houses all to no avail.
“After years, some humans stated they sighted her in Oyo State. My mum went to look for her, however again to Lagos empty-surpassed.
“However, a former co-tenant of my mom, who's an interstate motive force, parked his automobile to eat via the roadside in Ofoso, Ondo. He stated Funke known as his call and all people round there was surprised. He informed them that her family were searching out her. The guy later contacted our own family.”
Olusegun, who works with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, stated in January 2021, he visited the community with photos and files to show Funke changed into his member of the family.
He claimed to have met the Divisional Police Station inside the region, the conventional ruler of the network and a trader who have been taking care of his sister.
“I went to the palace and confirmed the king the snap shots. The monarch turned into satisfied and instructed us a few people have been extorting cash from him, claiming they may locate her spouse and children.
“I become asked to write down a letter to show when we might come for the child, who became at a motherless child domestic in Akure. We said we might do that on a later date and we needed to take her again to Lagos first,” he added.
Olusegun said the own family after three days of preparation lower back to the community to take Funke away.
According to him, after a few weeks, his sister’s health stepped forward but she started soliciting for her son.
The brother stated in early February 2021, he back to Ondo State to take the child, including that the conventional ruler connected him to an official of the Idanre council area, Mrs Abimbola Babayemi.
Babayemi, a welfare officer, reportedly took the kid to the kingdom orphanage in 2018.
Our correspondent gathered that the community named the boy Enitan, Oluwaremilekun Akeredolu.
Olusegun stated together with a council worker, they went to Akure and demanded to take the child.
“Their director, Mr Ogunleye, was angry whilst he saw us. He stated why did the council now not tell our circle of relatives that we could not see the child once more.
“He stated the last time the authorities released cash to the orphanage became in October 2020 and so they couldn't leave the youngsters to starve. He stated a man had taken the kid away.
“I asked him why they might promote the child due to the fact the government did now not release funds to them. He noticed me with my phone raised and asked if I changed into recording our conversation, which I denied. He insisted we could not get the boy lower back once more,” he introduced.
Olusegun said her own family became apprehensive of the destiny of the kid and had petitioned the Idanre LGA and the Ondo State Commissioner of Police Special Squad headed through SP Isiaka Ayole.
He alleged that officers of the orphanage have been making tries to bribe the police and cowl up the case.
The dealer, who catered to Funke until she became brought of the child, Mrs Toyin Fatai, informed PUNCH Metro that she became impregnated with the aid of unknown humans in a shop in which she slept whilst roaming the network.
“When she became added of the child, she passed him over to me and stated I need to ensure nothing occurred to him.
“I took care of the kid for a few months, but after I ran out of budget, I met the traditional ruler and we contacted the Idanre council, from where we sent him to the Akure orphanage.
“When Funke’s own family came and we went to the orphanage collectively, we have been knowledgeable that that they had offered the kid. I was greatly surprised. Where I do my change, many humans presented me money for the kid when I changed into caring for him, however I refused because the mother individually surpassed him over to me and I knew she may want to get better within the future,” she brought.
Fatai, aka Iya Alagbo, stated she positioned a mark on the child because she suspected a few human beings might want to take advantage of his mom’s situation.
The conventional ruler of the network, Oba Henry Olumakaiye, the Olu of Onisere, Idanre, said citizens loved Funke because regardless of her mental condition, she become no longer violent.
He stated, “We surpassed over her baby to the Idanre LGA and the council said they took him to the orphanage at Akure. I trust even though a child was followed, there need to be documentation and they must say in which the kid is.”
The council employee, Babayemi, declined remark while contacted through PUNCH Metro, saying as a central authority worker, she changed into not in a role to talk.
However, an reputable of the council, who turned into equally privy to the problem, said while the kid turned into taken to the orphanage, an creation letter declaring his records turned into attached.
He noted that representatives of the police, the Department of State Services; Nigeria Immigration Service; Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; Permanent Secretary, Woman Affairs; the Idanre LGA, and the motherless home signed a document to finish the procedure of the handover.
The reliable defined that one Mrs Olowonle, who headed the orphanage, obtained the child from the council and surpassed him over to at least one Mrs Anamebor, the Head of Baby’s Home.
The orphanage is below Mr Oluwaniyi Ogunleye, the Director of Child Development inside the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
“The Idanre LGA was requested to bring his mother as well, however we made tries and we could not get her. The neighborhood government stressed it to them that the kid should now not be followed or given out due to the fact his family could come for him.
“Mrs Babayemi had 4 children she was monitoring every month on the orphanage. But in April 2020 while she visited and asked to peer the kids, they most effective added out .
“She specially requested for Enitan, but they advised her that he were followed. They said the authorities turned into paying them 1/2 salaries and that they did no longer have cash to sustain the kids. As a neighborhood authorities, we had been in shock because nobody turned into notified,” the reputable, who spoke on situation of anonymity, said.
The professional stated after the police have been notified, Mrs Babayemi become arrested and interrogated.
“As a neighborhood government, we're interested in this situation. We want to understand what happened to the boy and in which he disappeared to,” the source delivered.
The director of infant care in Ondo, Ogunleye, stated he couldn't speak approximately the case as it changed into an reputable count.
He stated the ministry had courtroom files to show not anything illegal became finished.
Ogunleye, at the same time as urging our correspondent to talk to his bosses, declined further remark.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mr Oladiran Olawale, stated the child changed into given out for adoption, adding that due method turned into no longer accompanied.
He explained that Ogunleye did now not inform all the necessary parties earlier than giving the kid for adoption.
The permanent secretary referred to that the child become adopted through a circle of relatives in Lagos.
“They will convey the kid from Lagos day after today (Friday),” Olawale introduced.
The Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, Tee-Leo Ikoro, stated the command would get to the root of the problem, including that nobody is above the law.
He cited that the CP had additionally told that government officials implicated within the depend be arrested for thinking.
A supply said each Ogunleye and Anamebor had been arrested and detained by using the police.
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