14-year-old Boy Flees Home In Jos To Live Under Bridge In Lagos (Photo)

A 14-year-old boy, Israel Solomon, who fled his parent’s home in Jos was on Monday evening intercepted and rescued by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command at Ojota, Lagos.

Solomon, a Birom by tribe, was seen wandering Ojota Bus Stop, when the operatives decided to call him for questioning, this was when he said that his parents live in Mango Junction, Opposite Gada Biyu, Jos.

The boy could not give reasons why he ran away from home, while all entreaties to make him give reasons for his actions proved abortive. Solomon said the bus conveying him from Jos got to Lagos late at Sunday evening, adding that he passed the night sleeping under the foot bridge at the Ojodu Berger Bus Stop.

He explained that he was trekking from Ojodu Berger to Ojota when the officer cited him wandering, emphasising that he knew no relatives in Lagos before embarking on the journey.

Source said checks on his body did not betray any evidence of physical abuse. He also couldn’t give the phone contact of his parents or any of his relatives based in Jos, Plateau.

Solomon has since been taken to Olusosun Police Station, behind Phillip, Ojota by the RRS Team.