NSCDC seeks help to find family of lost 8-year-old boy in Anambra
NSCDC operatives
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State command, has found an eight-year-old boy, identified as Divine Chisimdi Onyejiaka, who was said to have fled his home to avoid being disciplined by his mother.
In a press statement on Monday, the Head, Media and Tactical Ops, NSCDC, Anambra Command, Okadigbo Edwin, said Onyejiaka was brought to the command on December 20, by a kind-hearted individual.
Edwin said the boy, a resident of Okpoko in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state and a pupil of St. Raphael Nursery/Primary School, Okpoko in the Ogbaru LGA, was found wandering in Awka without any specified destination.
The statement read, “On December 20, 2024, at approximately 0720 hours, a kind-hearted individual brought an eight-year-old boy, Master Divine Chisimdi Onyejiaka, a pupil of St Raphael Nursery/Primary School, Okpoko in Ogbaru LGA, to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command Headquarters in Awka.
“The child is about three feet tall, fair in complexion, with no tribal mark. Onyejiaka, a resident of Okpoko, was found wandering in Awka without any specified destination.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that Onyejiaka allegedly ran away from home after being disciplined by his mother, Mrs Nnenna Onyejiaka.
“However, the circumstances surrounding his journey from Okpoko to Awka remain unclear, as he was unable to provide a coherent explanation.
“Meanwhile, all efforts so far made to locate the parents or relatives of the child for identification and claim, have proved abortive.”
Edwin said the boy is presently in the protective care of the NSCDC, Anambra State Command Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, pending identification of his parents or guardian.
“In view of the foregoing, the Command is seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the family of Master Divine Chisimdi Onyejiaka. We appeal to anyone with information regarding his biological parents or relatives to come forward and help reunite this child with his loved ones.
“Anyone with useful information should contact the Head, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, NSCDC Anambra State Command, or Head Media and Tactical Ops, NSCDC Anambra State Command, through GSM no. 08035771835, please,” the statement added.
