Fears grow for London mum who went missing with her baby

Published on: December 7, 2017

Taiwo Martins and baby have been missing from Leyton, London, for a month
She is known to be a practising Ahayah’s Witness, a Nigerian Christian group
Taiwo is black, with short dark hair, and around 5ft 6in tall with a slim build

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline

Published: 15:31 GMT, 7 December 2017 | Updated: 18:24 GMT, 7 December 2017

Taiwo Martins and the infant have been missing from Leyton, east London, since Tuesday 7 November

Taiwo Martins and the infant have been missing from Leyton, east London, since Tuesday 7 November

Fears are growing for a mother, 21, who went missing with her four-month-old baby son a month ago.

Taiwo Martins and the infant have been missing from Leyton, east London, since Tuesday 7 November.

The Metropolitan Police and Waltham Forest Council are ‘extremely concerned’ for the pair, particularly given that cold weather is forecast.

Taiwo is known to be a practising Ahayah’s Witness, a Christian group centered on the USA.

She is described a black female with short dark hair. She around 5ft 6in tall, and of slim build.

She may be wearing a traditional Nigerian head-dress, known as gele, and robes. No image of her baby is available.

At the time of her disappearance she had a black and maroon coloured baby buggy with her.

A council spokesman said: ‘We are keen to make contact with Taiwo to make sure that she and her son are healthy, well and safe.’

Anyone with information can contact police on 101 or Missing People on 116000.

Anyone with information can contact police on 101 or Missing People on 116000

Anyone with information can contact police on 101 or Missing People on 116000

They are members of an obscure religious movement that has ties with black Israelites.

It is based on a belief that mainstream Christianity is designed to subjugate the black community.

It does not have the same centralized structure as other movements, such as the Jehovah’s witnesses.