Orekoya boys recount their ordeal with nanny from hell

by Anike Jacobs

We have practically heard it all from all sides involved in the kidnap story that has been making headlines for a couple of weeks now except from the children themselves.

The boys who were kidnapped and rescued have now told their side of the story.

In an interview with Punch Newspaper, the eldest of them, Demola Orekoya revealed that the thirty-five-year-old Funmilayo Adeyemi, forced them (the Orekoya boys) to play with her four children all through the seven days.

Demola claimed that neither he nor his brothers cried when they did not see their mother.

“The woman asked us to play with her children. We all played together, though their television was not working, we only played around the house. We did not cry because we had people to play with,” the boy said.

He went further to say, “She (Adeyemi) brushed our teeth every morning but she only bathed us in the morning. She did not bathe us in the night like our mummy does for us at home.”

The children love cartoons but that was too much of a luxury for them to enjoy in captivity.

“We could not watch cartoon network because the television in their house was not working,” little Demola said.

He said he misses his friends and could not wait to play with them again, but that surely will be under the watchful eyes of their mother, Adebisi Orekoya.

Having advertised on online sales portal, OLX, for a nanny, the Orekoyas got a reply from 23-year-old Mary Akinloye, who resumed work at their Lawani Road, Itire, home on Tuesday, April 7, 2015.

The nanny, whose actual name was later revealed as Funmilayo Adeyemi, abducted the couple’s three children the following day while they were away from home.

But after seven days of fasting and prayer, sleepless nights, scam attempts, predictions from prophets and negotiations, the Orekoyas got their children back.

Meanwhile, since the arrest of Adeyemi, who was tracked down through her mobile phone on Wednesday, the police have said investigation was still ongoing on the case.

Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Kenneth Nwosu, said efforts were being made to arrest other fleeing accomplices.

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