Funmilayo Mogbojuri, a woman, was detained by Ondo State Police Command agents for kidnapping a newborn infant at Sabo in the state’s Okitipupa Local Government Area.
SP Funmi Odunlami said in a statement that the 35-year-old suspect was apprehended five days after the incident and fled.
According to the PPRO, the suspect previously took a baby from the Okitipupa home of another woman in January 2021, but the child passed away a few days later.
“On 13th July 2022, one Abass Issah of Arikawe Street, Okitipupa came to the Station and reported that his newborn baby was stolen by unknown persons.
A discreet investigation by Okitipupa Divisional Policemen led to the arrest of one Funmi Mogbojuri, 35, who absconded with the baby to Makun, Sagamu in Ogun State
During interrogation, she confessed to having absconded with the baby to her husband’s house one Odunayo Ayobami ‘m’, it was also discovered that she st@le another baby on the the16th of January 2021, in Okitipupa, took the child to Igbokoda and gave him to one Lucky and said the child died few days later. An investigation is ongoing.”
She acknowledged taking the child, but claimed she was unaware of the spirit that had taken control of her body and driven her to do it.
After being reunited with her child, the baby’s mother admitted that she was taking a bath when the suspect abducted the infant.
The innocent mother claimed that Odunlami had begged for a place to stay with her and that she had consented by giving her a room, but the next morning, when the mother was leaving the bathroom, she was shocked to discover that the lady had fled with the child.
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