How 3-Year Old Oluwabunmi Ajelero Was Found & How The Internet Helpe

Though the police are yet to disclose how the 3-year old who was kidnapped at Surulere Baptist church on Sunday was actually found and rescued in Ogun State, but her uncle who spoke with ThisDay has however explained to them, how Bunmi was found, rescued and ofcourse how the internet helped. God bless blogs and social media....

What her Uncle, Mr. Adeniran Adejuwon said after the cut.


"My niece was abandoned in another church in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It turned out that the church was having a programme when they noticed her presence in the church.

"Initially, they thought she belonged to one of the church members, so they carried on with their programme. At the end of the programme, many people left and she was left behind.

"That was when they raised the alarm but nobody could identify her. It was a youth in the church, who had seen the viral message announcing her disappearance, that identified her.

"He googled the picture of the missing girl circulating on the Internet and compared it with the girl and it matched.

"They now took the girl to the police station in Abeokuta. It was the police who now called my brother informing him that they had his daughter in custody.

"They asked him some questions like the kind of clothes Oluwabunmi was putting on, her complexion and her other physical features. It was then they invited him to Abeokuta.

"When he arrived Abeokuta, they subjected him to another round of tests but what clinched it was when they brought her out and she shouted daddy. They then released her to him."

On whether the family paid the ransom the kidnappers had demanded, he replied no.


As at press time, it was yet uncertain what prompted the kidnappers to release her, given that the Ajelero family were yet to raise the ransom they had demanded.