She Disappeared in 2002: Nigerian Mum of 8 who Went Missing in Edo Returns Home after 20 Years in Video

She Disappeared in 2002: Nigerian Mum of 8 who Went Missing in Edo Returns Home after 20 Years in Video

  • A Nigerian mum of 8 who was declared missing in 2002 has finally been found again after 20 years
  • 68-year-old Florence Ikhine went missing in Benin, Edo state and suddenly appeared on Wednesday, 20th of April, 2022 along Ehaekpen Street, Benin City, Edo
  • Florence whose kids are now married was received by her family amid tears of joy and surprise as her return was unprecedented

A family was thrown into a state of rejoicing after their mum identified as Florence Ikhine who went missing in the year 2002 in Benin, Edo state 20 years ago recently appeared.

Princess Ehima Elema who had in 2019 publicized that Florence was missing announced on Facebook that the mum of 8 has returned.

Florence Ikhine, 68 years old, Mum of 8, Edo state, went missing in 2002, returns after 20 years
She returned home after 20 years. Photo Credit: Princess Ehima Elema
Source: Facebook

Princess reported that the 68-year-old woman surfaced on Wednesday, 20th of April, 2022 along Ehaekpen Street, Benin City, Edo where one of her kids resides.

Legit.ng gathered that her kids who were all boys and girls when she went missing are now married men and women.

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Princess attached a video showing the teary and shocked state of Florence's family following her sudden return.

Princess while attaching the 'missing person' post she made in 2019 wrote:

"What God can not do does not exist.
"My friend’s mom returned home after 20 years of being declared missing…
"In 2019 I made a post to help find her at a time the children especially my friend was intensely looking for her… and it took another 3 years after that intense search for her to be found.
"You can’t imagine the Joy and the void filled…"

See the lady's post below:

Nigerians react

Eddie Peters said:

"She wasn't missing, she left home and abandoned her kids. She wasn't in prison after all,so what kept her for 20 good years?"

Ju Dith said:

"Congratulations! Please what’s the update on this case? What happened to her?"

Chika Omuzaga said:

"God has done marvelous thing,he has done Glorious things , mighty God.
"Thank you Jesus."

Osarode Iduoriyekemwen said:

"How did She locate her children? Who helped her to locate them? What about getting the Police involved in the follow up of her "sudden n mysterious reappearance" ? Quite a mystery though. Will be keen to see ur this unfolds though."

Man declared dead abroad returns to Nigerian after 5 years

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a man who was declared dead abroad had returned to Nigeria after 5 years to discover his wife had remarried.

According to a man named Victor, his mum's younger sibling had gone missing during one of his boat trips to Cameroon and after a long period of fruitless search for him, he was declared dead.

But quite to the surprise of everyone, he returned home in January 2022.

The returnee told his people that he was rescued. However, he would discover that his wife is no longer his and has no intention of returning to him.

Source: Legit.ng

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