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10th Edition

Adejorin Oluwatobilola

Physical
Bravery

15 Years

Female

Osogbo State

15 YEARS OLD GIRL RESCUED A LITTLE GIRL FROM KIDNAPPERS

Adejorin Oluwatobiloba Grace lives in Excellent Street, at Oke Odo, Kelebe, Osogbo. This account is about how she rescued a little girl from a kidnappers’ hideout. The story has it that Tobiloba hawks the gari that her mother usually brings back from Ifon town which is situated in another local government far away from their place of abode. On this fateful day, Tobiloba was asked to hawk gari in the community and return home before night fall. Her first point of call was a well-known regular customer who doesn’t fail to buy from her at every occasion. However, Tobilola found a large crowd in the customer’s house, which left her pondering on what could have happened. She concluded that it wasn’t a convenient time to hawk her ware but before taking her leave, she enquired about the reason for the crowd in the house. The young girl was informed that a little girl from the house was missing. Tobiloba was stunned because she knew the missing girl. Tobiloba went out and continued with her hawking. After walking away to a certain distance, she took a path that led to another known customer. As she went on, she passed by an unknown woman who was making a call. The woman’s telephone conversation became suspicious to Tobiloba. The strange woman talked about a car and money. Tobilola became so concerned that she decided to look into what was happening there, in her own way. The strange woman was so engulfed in her conversation that she failed to notice Tobiloba. The young girl slowed her pace while watching the woman. Suddenly, she overheard an innocent voice, pleading for her release. Tobiloba became more alerted because she recognized the voice to be that of the missing girl. She quietly walked back, then quickly ran to people she found a few meters away from where she saw the strange woman and informed them what she had just witnessed. She told them she was convinced she heard the voice of the missing child. The people hurriedly rushed down and surrounded the kidnappers’ hideout. They apprehended the strange woman. Upon being interrogated, the woman revealed that the hideout was where she used to meet with her buyers. The little girl was rescued and released to her parents, thanks to Tobiloba’s bravery.