The Secretary of Social Development Secretariat (SDS) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Oladimeje Ali-Hassan, has ordered that security at orphanage homes in the territory be beefed up.
Ali-Hassan gave the order following the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy from Gwako orphanage home in Gwagwalada Area Council.
The secretary, who gave the name of the boy as Moses Audi, said the boy hailed from Kaduna State.
He, however said the police have intensified effort to trace the missing boy.
Ali-Hassan revealed that the boy was brought to the secretariat by the police on March 13, 2018, and that he suddenly disappeared on March 28, 2018 from Gwako orphanage home after 15 days. He however assured that the police were on top of the situation.
He said: “The boy in question was identified by the police as Moses Audi, a 14-year-old who hailed from Kaduna. The secretariat took custody of the boy as part of its mandate on that same day and took him to Gwako orphanage home. Two weeks after, the coordinator of the home reported that the boy had escaped from the home with some cash and valuable items.
“From the reports available, it is very clear that the street boy escaped because of the regimented nature of the home and he has a record of criminal tendency. But I want to assure residents of FCT that the police are on top of the situation and the boy in question will be fished out.
“I have also ordered for security to be beefed up in all our orphanage homes in the territory,” he said.
The secretary also tasked coordinators of orphanage homes to be more vigilant in the discharge of their duties.
