A middle aged woman Falilat Olatunji was on Wednesday 30th of October 2019 arrested by men of ogun state police command for stealing a four month old baby boy.
The suspect was arrested following a report by one Alhaji Abdul Akeem Dawodu who reported at Sabo Ilupeju police station that while one Taiwo Bello f’ was washing clothing behind her house at iyana kajola 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 csp 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 orile 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 commissioner of police cp 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 a lot of wolves in human skin.
