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The housemaid, who is known only as Christiana, was said to have left with the 22-month old girl, Mayowa Aweda, of Unity Estate, Idimu, Lagos, on Monday, around 7pm, when the parents were not at home.
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The incident happened after the husband, Leo Aweda, went to a salon to have a haircut and took Segun, their first child, along, leaving Christiana and Mayowa at home.
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“I came back from the salon to discover that Mayowa and the housemaid were not at home.A resident said he saw her going out with my daughter. She left with a rechargeable lamp.
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That was the only thing she took away; all her belongings are still at home. We got her in July 2016 through my wife, Iyabo’s friend, called Iya Samuel. We enrolled her in a private school and my wife sends N5,000 to her mother every month.
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She is in Basic 5. She is from Iseyin, Oyo State. I didn’t want my wife to employ her in the first place. We don’t have her picture,” Leo said. The wife said Christiana had once fled home after she damaged the rope used for starting a generator.
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But was intercepted by a security guard at the estate gate. She stated that she had wanted Christiana to leave a few months ago, but the housemaid’s mother begged her to rescind her decision.
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The guarantor, Iya Samuel, was later arrested by policemen. The maid and girl were, eventually, found at Oshodi under bridge by the police. She’s yet to reveal why she fled home with the child.
