She told MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism in an interview she still fears for her life even after her rescue by police.
Lineo said it was May , when she met a young man online who enticed her to sneak away for a weeklong romance in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She said her first encounter with the Nigerian national, she refers to as Charles was on Facebook.
She had been connected by a friend who had moved to South Africa, she had suggested they would be a good match for each other. She remembers the excitement of continuous text messaging she found herself engaged in with Charles. She remembers her dad would have never allowed it, but she hatched a plan. We got into a fight because I refused and I told him I wanted to leave. Charles beat me that first day when I refused to do what he wanted. Lineo had a temper.
Even as a young girl growing up in Leribe, she was quick to argue with her father, her teachers, anyone in authority. She struggled academically, too. Reading at a much lower level than her classmates, her frustrations grew. But the issues ran deeper than that. She and a twin brother were barely two at the time and still living in Leribe. Soon after, their father and grandmother travelled to Mafeteng and moved the children there too. They ended up in Mafeteng, where Lineo grew up and her struggles with authority and challenges in the classroom emerged.
She recalls having had a strained relationship with her father, which only escalated after she was expelled from school in Form B for insulting a teacher. Barely into her teens, Lineo bounced around a few relative homes, where she regularly butted heads with other family members, the Centre has learned.
