April 17, (THEWILL) – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, for allegedly selling her 18-month-old baby, for N600,000, in the Sango-Ota area of the state.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Monday, said, ”The police is yet to identify the suspected buyer.”
Oyeyemi said the “suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Sango Divisional Headquarters by the woman’s husband, Nureni Rasaq.
“Rasaq reported that his wife left home to Lagos, on March 15, with their baby girl, but returned home without the baby.
“He said that all efforts to know what happened to the baby failed because the woman was unable to give any reasonable account of the whereabouts of the baby.
“Upon the complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango Division, CSP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to go after the woman and she was promptly arrested.”
Oyeyemi said upon interrogation, the suspect confessed she sold the baby to someone in Lagos for N600,000.
Oyeyemi said when asked why she sold her baby, the suspect explained that she borrowed money from a microfinance bank, but when she was unable to pay back, the bank agents threatened to deal with her.
“She ran to Lagos and started hawking sachet water. It was while hawking that she met a man, who introduced her to the woman who eventually bought the child”, Oyeyemi added.
The Acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Babakura Muhammed, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby.
