KEY POINTS
- Adeola returns home safely after being trafficked to Mali for four years.
- The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission played a key role in Adeola’s safe return.
- Jumoke George publicly shared her emotional pain during Adeola’s disappearance.
After going missing for four years, Adeola, the daughter of well-known Nollywood actress Jumoke George, has returned to Nigeria from Mali.
Adeola returns home after four years abroad
Adeola’s return was announced to the public and media on Monday by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the head of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.
Adeola was rescued from Mali, where she had been trafficked against her will, and then given to the commission, according to Dabiri-Erewa.
“Breaking!” she said on social media. Actress Jumoke George’s daughter Adeola has returned from Mali after going missing for four years.
Jumoke George shares her pain about Adeola’s disappearance
Jumoke George talked sadly about concealing her experience out of fear and humiliation on the TalkToB show, which was hosted by actress Abiola Adebayo.
According to Punch, the seasoned actress revealed that she had to abandon multiple acting engagements that were planned months in advance due to a decline in her health early this year.
“My first child, Adeola, has been missing,” Jumoke stated. For the last four years, I had been looking for her.
She disclosed that over those years, her meager earnings from performing were used to try to locate Adeola.
Before going missing while preparing to meet her mother in Lagos, Adeola lived and worked with her grandmother in Ibadan.
Jumoke claimed that after Adeola did not show up at their scheduled meeting place in Lagos, her mother called to report her missing.
Eventually, Adeola called her mother to beg for forgiveness and to explain that she had moved overseas with friends in search of a better life.
Adeola claimed that their trip did not proceed as expected and that she was left stranded in hazardous and challenging conditions in Mali.
Actors Biola Adebayo and Niyi Johnson were commended by Dabiri-Erewa for revealing the truth and helping to save Adeola.
“Just received her, with Niyi Johnson and Biola Adebayo, who broke the story,” she added. Details will be provided shortly.
