“I had even gone to report the matter at Evbuotubu police station before my sister-in-law from Germany called me to say that the story of my son was in the internet.
Officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Edo
State, yesterday, quizzed the mother of the 15-year-old Daniel Oikhena, who
emerged from the wheel compartment of an Arik Air flight from Benin Airport to
Lagos, last Saturday.
Mrs Evelyn Oikhena, said she was shocked when her
sister-in-law in Germany called her to say that she read the incident on the
internet.
She said she was shocked that her son could embark on such a
life-threatening journey to where he had never been before.
Mrs Oikhena said her son was at home with his elder sister,
Tonia, his two younger brothers and his grand mother while she was away to
visit her elder sister who had put to bed.
“So I was shocked
when I came back Saturday morning, and they told me that Daniel has disappeared
and when I asked my daughter she said she had a quarrel with him because the
boy was watching movies late into the night” she said
“I had even gone to report the matter at Evbuotubu police
station before my sister-in-law from Germany called me to say that the story of
my son was in the internet.
“One of Daniel’s younger brothers said he saw him remove his
school books from his bag. So I asked my neighbhours whether any of them saw him
and they told me that around 5 to 6 am, they heard sounds that somebody was
opening the gate but never thought it was my son. He doesn’t go out. What I
know is that he is always watching movies in the house but he doesn’t have
friends.
“I went to Oba Market police station, they referred me to
Evbuotubu police station. When I got there, they said they would declare him
missing after 24 hours and that I should come back the next day. I went to
inform my pastor and other members, my friends and other relations.”
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