Men of the Ogun State command of Nigeria Police on Wednesday arrested a middle aged woman, Falilat Olatunji for allegedly stealing a four month old baby boy.
The suspect, according to a release by the image maker of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested following a report by one Alhaji Abdul Akeem Dawodu who reported at Sabo Ilupeju police station.
The release read, "while Taiwo Bello was washing clothing behind her house at Iyana Kahala, Mile 2, Abeokuta, she left her four month old baby Ibrahim Bello sleeping in the room only for her to get back to the room and discovered that the baby has been taken away by an unknown person".
He explained further that the woman raised alarm which attracted a lot of people to the house and that up till the time of his report, the baby is yet to be found.
"Upon the report, the DPO Sabo Ilupeju division Alhasan AbdulAzeez mobilized his detectives to the scene and commenced a full scale investigation into the case".
"Their efforts yielded positive result when the suspect was sighted at Ilewo Orleans in Abeokuta North local government area of the State with the baby and she was promptly arrested.
"On interrogation, the suspect who resides at No. 23 Jawando street Ayobo Lagos confessed stolen the baby but claimed that she only wanted to use the baby to deceive her husband whom she had earlier informed that she got pregnant for as the product of the pregnancy".
"Investigation further revealed that the suspect was once squatting in the same house with the parents of the baby and that she was present during the naming ceremony of the same baby. The baby has been reunited with his parents".
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
He equally appealed to members of the public to always beware of people around them because there are lots of wolves in human skin.
0 Comments