Police arrest two women for allegedly stealing one-week old baby in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta
Men of the Ogun State Police have arrested a 53-year old woman, Chinyere Nwozu and an accomplice, Ngozi Akaeme for allegedly stealing a one-week old baby boy.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun State Police Command, Abeokuta, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Saturday.
He said the Nwosu was arrested at about 9am on 25th July 2022, when she was seen with a little baby who was crying but could breastfeed him as a mother.
“This arouses the suspicion of some members of the public, who quickly alerted the police at Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters.
“Upon the information, the DPO Sango Ota, SP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to the scene where the woman was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, she confessed to the police that she is not the biological mother of the child but that she bought the child somewhere in Agege area of Lagos State through one Ngozi Akaeme at the rate of N500,000.
“Upon her confession, detectives went after the said and got her arrested. She confessed being an accomplice to Chinyere Nwozu, and that she actually negotiated with the biological mother of the baby who according to her agreed to sell the baby.
“Efforts to make her accompany policemen to locate the real mother of the baby proved abortive.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution,” the statement said.
