Orekoya kids: 4 indicators that should have suggested that kidnapper-nanny was a fraud

by Chinwe Okafor

The crime rate in the country is on the constant increase and one needs to be careful of who or what they are dealing with on a daily basis, especially with very sensitive issues such as life and care-giving.

A nanny was recently reported to have kidnapped three children barely 24 hours after she was employed and from all indications, the family got enough red flags against employing her, but still went ahead regardless.

The first pointer was the fact that, “She was gotten from OLX”. 

OLX is sadly synonymous with fraud, the worst kind of it. It is bad enough that electronic gadgets are the most played scam on the platform, and now it’s become human beings.

The second pointer is the fact that they noticed that “She looked older than her age and had a different accent from where she said she was from”. What other indication was needed to reveal that she was a fraud. She lied about everything from the onset. Such, even if overlooked, should be kept under scrutiny for at least some days before being comfortable enough to leave her with the kids alone.

The third pointer is that her purported relative, “gave a vague description of where they lived in Ikorodu”. Once you notice there is a certain form of uncertainty in the information given to you as to the relations of someone you intend to leave your household to be catered to, there is cause for alarm.

The fourth pointer was the fact that someone who said she wanted to save up for her schooling, came cheaper than your previous maid. We have a certain notion and mindset in Nigeria, as sad as it may be, that something that comes cheaper isn’t genuine. Why couldn’t the same be applied to a human?

One doesn’t need to be told that this decision to keep the nanny was a no-go area after these were discovered but due to desperation, they were overlooked and left to fate.

Two discrepancies noticed from what the family did as regards getting a nanny was, they didn’t enquire the state of health and well being of the person they were leaving in care of their children. The family was in such a hurry to get someone to look after their kids while they were gone to work, they didn’t bother to do a blood test to know if she had contracted any form of disease that can be passed on to her children.

Secondly, you do not, for whatever reason, leave someone you just contracted alone with your kids without at least understudying her experience for at least a week. You just don’t! What if she was lying about her experience or her entire life like the nanny in question? What if she poisons your kids mistakenly? Does she know how to administer first aid?

A lot of families take things as dire as this without an iota of seriousness.

They just believe things should fall in place as they should, after all they are paying for it.

The catering of a home especially one that involves children should be considered top priority amongst other things because whether you like it or not, this person is a total stranger.

We have heard cases of maids who end up beating up and even killing their wards, how much more if you had every indication from the onset of the dangers of who you are getting.

At this point, we can only pray for the safe return of the Orekoya children.

 

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