The Bauchi State Police Command has announced that Mildred Joshua Ebuka, a 17-year-old Lagos resident believed to be missing, is in its custody.

The command made this known to the public in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, Ebuka left her Victoria Island home for Ikorodu on Thursday ”but shockingly found herself in Bauchi instead”.

“The bearer Mildred Joshua Ebuka female aged 17yrs-old of Block 19 Ubandale street, Victoria Island, Lagos State, whose photograph appeared below left home on Thursday, August 25, 2022, to deliver a message of a wig cap to her aunty’s friend in Ikorodu, on the way she stopped a taxi bus not far from her home, from there on she found herself in Bauchi,” the police stated.

“She hails from Lagos and speaks English Language fluently. Wore light blue blouse shirt and trouser, fair in complexion and she has no tribal mark. Members of the general public who know about her parent are urged to report at the nearest Police Station or contact the following numbers: 08034844393 or 08023684497.”

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Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, told FIJ that Ebuka’s family was yet to contact the police.

“She (Ebuka) could not remember anything. Her statement claims that she lost her way. She told us that she only remembers boarding a bus and finding herself in Bauchi. We took her to get help first so that she could recuperate and think. It is not a confirmed kidnap incident,” Wakil told FIJ on Saturday.

“We are trying to locate the address she (Ebuka) gave us, some of our contacts have told us that the street does not exist. Lagos is big, so we are still patiently checking for the address.”