IT IS exactly 70 days today since the one-year-old Gold Eninla Kolawole disappeared mysteriously at the headquarters of the Sotitobire Miracle Centre located at Osinle area of Akure, Ondo State capital during a Sunday service. The whereabouts of the only child of Mr and Mrs Temitope Kolawole, who went missing on Nov 10, remains unknown.

The General Overseer of the church Prophet Babatunde Alfa, and the children’s teachers on the day the child went missing have been charged to court and remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure by a Chief Magistrate Court. Boy’s mother speaks… Meanwhile, the mother of the victim, Modupe, remained hopeful that her child would one day rejoin the family. “l have the strong belief that my son would soon be found alive.

I am not losing hope a bit”, she said. According to her, she felt empty during Christmas and New Year when she celebrated the festivities without the child. “The last festivities were the worst for me as I felt really empty without my only son with me. I just kept thinking of him and where he could be. It was a tough and rough period for me”, the mother said. “It has not been easy. During this festive period, others were jubilating but, for us as a family, we were in a sad mood. “In fact, all I want is my child.

That is the most important thing right now. I want my child. I have been praying to God to bring him back to us alive. “I know that when he comes back, all the secrets that have been hidden will be revealed. I know he is going to come back alive by God’s grace. “I’m appealing to everyone to help us with prayers towards finding our son. I still have the belief, I still have the faith that my child is alive and he will definitely come back alive”. Modupe alleged that the family members had been receiving threats from unknown persons over the missing child. Her words, “We are still being threatened by unknown persons. We cannot walk freely in town, we can’t do anything. “There are unknown people making threats through phone calls. When we go out in the car, we still notice people trailing us but that has reduced.

The phone threat is still on. We have alerted the authorities over this. “And the latest we are facing is that policemen have been looking for my husband. We don’t even understand why they are looking for us. I don’t know if they are trying to implicate us”. Speaking on the findings by the Department of State Services, DSS, she said, “On the ongoing investigations towards finding my child, I don’t really know what is going on. “As you know DSS doesn’t reveal much. What I’m just hoping is that God will take absolute control. God will guide them (DSS) to be able to find where the child is”.

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