{"id":199516,"date":"2026-04-25T21:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:17:24","slug":"osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl","title":{"rendered":"Osun NSCDC seeks public help to identify lost teenage girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, has appealed to the public for assistance in identifying a teenage girl found in Osogbo.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Saturday by the Command spokesperson, Adeleke Kehinde on behalf of the Commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, the command said the girl\u2019s identity remains unknown after she was discovered by residents.<\/p>\n<p>The statement disclosed that the minor, believed to be between 15 and 16 years old, was found along Odi-Olowo in Osogbo.<\/p>\n<p>According to the command, \u201cShe was subsequently taken into protective custody at the NSCDC office to ensure her safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary observations indicate that the girl is deaf and non-verbal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added that she has been unable to provide any information about her identity, family background or place of residence.<\/p>\n<p>The commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, called on members of the public to assist with any useful information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Command is appealing to members of the public who may have any information that could assist in identifying the girl or locating her family to kindly come forward,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It urged parents, guardians or relatives searching for a missing child matching the description to contact the NSCDC office along Iwo-Ibadan Road, Onibueja, Ido-Osun in Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said efforts were ongoing to trace her relatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, has appealed to the public for assistance in identifying a teenage girl found in Osogbo. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Command spokesperson, Adeleke Kehinde on behalf of the Commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, the command said the girl\u2019s identity remains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Osun NSCDC seeks public help to identify lost teenage girl - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, has appealed to the public for assistance in id ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Osun NSCDC seeks public help to identify lost teenage girl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, has appealed to the public for assistance in id ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-25T20:12:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-25T21:17:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777151820.94576.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"754\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"687\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Osun NSCDC seeks public help to identify lost teenage girl\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-25T20:12:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-25T21:17:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777151820.94576.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-nscdc-seeks-public-help-to-identify-lost-teenage-girl\",\"name\":\"Osun NSCDC seeks public help to identify lost teenage girl - 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