‘He absconded to avoid school’ — FCT police refute claim of kidnap of 13-year-old

The federal capital territory (FCT) police command has debunked the claim of the abduction of a 13-year-old boy in Abuja.

Josephine Adeh, the command’s spokesperson, in a statement on Monday, said the boy absconded.

Nathan Akau, a social media user, had claimed that a boy who visited Sahad Stores in Abuja in the company of his mother and sibling, on Sunday, “disappeared”.

“So shocking is the discovery we did just now of the boy’s clothes around the toilets without any trace or whereabouts of the boy. All his clothes are on the ground,” Akau said.

“So shocking that the management of Sahad seems to be doing nothing to help the situation. The chief security guy refused to go upstairs and run the CCTV. The manager refused to even come down to attend to the woman.”

Countering the claim, the FCT police spokesperson said the boy “absconded” to avoid resuming school.

“It’s no news that schools in the FCT will be resuming tomorrow. Like every other parent would, Mrs. Patience Gbileve, the mother of the alleged missing thirteen (13 )years old Chivirter Gbileve, had taken her sons for a “back-to-school shopping”, when naive Chivirter Gbileve, who had initially expressed resistance in returning to school, took advantage of his mother’s distraction while shopping, excused himself to the rest room, changed from the uniform he was wearing to civil wear and absconded,” the statement reads.

“He has since been recovered by the police surveillance team attached to the Garki divisional police headquarters and has been reunited with his family.

“The police have also commenced an investigation into what could have prompted the child’s refusal in going back to school to such extent as playing naughty.”