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Girl missing in Lagos remains unaccounted for two years later

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A five-year-old girl reported missing in Ejigbo, Lagos State, remains unaccounted for two years after her alleged abduction at a Quranic school. Her parents, who have exhausted their resources on searches and approaches to the police, are seeking help to find her, reports Punch.

A girl who went missing in Ejigbo, in Nigeria’s Lagos State, remains unaccounted for two years after her disappearance, when she was five years old. Her parents believe she was abducted while she was with her brother at a Quranic school, reports the Nigerian newspaper Punch.

Surveillance footage reportedly showed the alleged kidnapper with the two children before the boy was abandoned in a shopping centre. The parents say they sought the police’s help and followed several leads, but say they have exhausted their resources and are now seeking help to continue the search, according to Punch.

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