UK police seek public help over missing Nigerian teenager

Kent Police have appealed to the public for information that could help locate a 14-year-old boy of Nigerian descent, Mazeed Khaer Olatoyosi Adesila, who was reported missing in Gravesend, United Kingdom, The Africa Media reports.

The teenager was last seen at about 7.15pm on Saturday, October 10, in Gravesend, according to Kent Police.

Mazeed is described as black, about 4 feet 4 inches tall, with black hair. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and black trousers, and carrying a black and grey suitcase and a bag bearing the JD Sports brand.

Police said he has known links to Plumstead, south-east London, and urged residents in both areas to provide any information that could assist the search.

Anyone with information indicating his immediate whereabouts should call 999. Those with other relevant information can contact Kent Police on 101 or use the live chat service on the force’s website, quoting incident reference number 10 1365.