A 33 years old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command, for allegedly selling off her 18 months old baby to a yet to be identified buyer for N600,000.
The suspect was arrested following complain lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by the woman’s husband, Nureni Rasaq, who reported that his wife, left home to Lagos on the 15th of March, 2023 with a baby girl by name Moridiat Rasaq, but returned home without a baby. He stated further that all efforts to know what happened to the baby proved abortive as the woman was unable to give any reasonable account of whereabout of the said baby.
Upon the report, the DPO Sango division, CSP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to go after the said woman and she was arrested. On interrogation, the suspect confessed that she sold the baby to someone in Lagos as the sum of N600,000. When asked the reason of her actions, she stated that she borrowed money from a microfinance bank and when she was unable to pay back, the bank agent started disturbing her and threatening to deal with her decisively. It was consequent upon this that she ran to Lagos and started Hawking sachet water. She said it was while Hawking she met a man who introduced her to the woman that bought the baby.
Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Babakura Muhammed has directed that the suspect be transferred to the state criminal investigation departments for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby.
