What began as an emotional appeal on social media has ended in a remarkable family reunion, as a Nigerian mother has finally reconnected with all three children who were taken away from her more than three decades ago.
Just two days after Lister Matthew Osas launched a public search on Facebook, the family confirmed that all three missing siblings had been found.
The reunion culminated in an emotional video call during which the mother spoke with her children for the first time in over 30 years, a moment that has left many Nigerians celebrating what they describe as the positive power of social media.
Lister, the youngest child in the family from her mother’s later marriage, had earlier shared the heartbreaking story of how her mother, a native of Cross River State, lost contact with her three children in the 1990s.
According to her account, her mother was previously
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