The Osun State Government has rescued a five-year-old girl found abandoned by Oba River in Iwo. 

The Coordinating Director, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, Jide Falade, in a statement on Monday, November 14, 2022, disclosed that the abandonment was reported to the ministry by a good samaritan. 

He said that efforts by police and officials of the Ministry to locate the girl’s parents yielded no result. 

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“The case was reported to the Ministry by a good samaritan on the 29th of September, 2022. All efforts to locate the relatives of the minor had proved fruitless.” he added.

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Falade therefore appealed to  members of the public to assist in locating the parents of the abandoned child or any of the relatives.