February 25, (THEWILL) –Â Police in Ogun State have arrested a 35-year-old man, Sunday Alani, for allegedly stealing a one-year-old child at Atolashe village in Odeda Local Government Area of the State.
The suspect was arrested on February 23, 2022.
He was arrested following a distress call received by the policemen attached to Odeda divisional police headquarters.
The caller said that while the little girl was playing around in her parent’s compound, the suspect took advantage of the inattentiveness of her mother and stylishly took the little girl before running away with her.
A passerby, who noticed the suspicious movement of the suspect, then called the attention of the mother, who was busy frying( gaari) cassava flakes, prompting her to raise the alarm.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Oyeyemi said that upon the distress call, the DPO, Odeda division, CSP Femi Olabode, quickly mobilised his men in conjunction with so safe corps men and moved to the scene
He said that the suspect was chased to the bush, where he was arrested and the child rescued from him.
The suspect, on interrogation, confessed to committing the crime, he informed the police that he came to the area with two female accomplices.
He explained further that he had previously stolen two children from Egbeda in Lagos and the Akute area of Ogun state.
The suspect said that once he succeeded in stolen a child, he would hand over such child to the two women, who would give him the sum of 80,000
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered a massive manhunt for the two female accomplices of the suspect with the view to bring them to justice.
The CP also directed that the suspect be transferred to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
