A twelve-year-old girl, Tawa Taiwo, who was reportedly kidnapped in ilorin, Kwara State, has been found in Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.She was said to have escaped from her captors on Monday.Tawa, at the time of filing this report, was in custody at Oye-Ekiti Police Station from where she will be taken to the local council for onward transfer to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. .

A resident of Oye-Ekiti, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Tawa was roaming the streets of Oye-Ekiti but was questioned by residents.
The source said: “We saw her roaming around and her outlook resembled somebody that was frightened.“Our curiosity was aroused by the fact that she was moving around at a time pupils of her age are in their various schools. .
“She said her name was Tawa and her father’s name was Taiwo and that she was kidnapped from Ilorin and later abandoned at Ayede-Ekiti from where she trekked to Oye-Ekiti.”
The girl could not give further details of how her family members could be reached to reunite her with them.