Ogun State Police Command officers detained a 33-year-old lady, Olaide Adekunle, for reportedly selling her 18-month-old kid to an unidentified bidder for N600,000.
The suspect was apprehended when the woman’s husband, Nureni Rasaq, filed a complaint at Sango divisional headquarters, claiming that his wife, Olaide Adekunle, left home for Lagos on March 15, 2023, with their newborn daughter, Moridiat Rasaq, but never returned.
He went on to say that all attempts to find out what happened to the infant were futile since the lady was unable to provide any realistic explanation of the kid’s whereabouts.
Following the complaint, the DPO Sango division, CSP Dahiru Saleh, directed his investigators to pursue the lady, who was quickly apprehended.
During questioning, the suspect admitted to selling her kid to someone in Lagos for six hundred thousand naira (N600,000).
When questioned why she was acting this way, she claimed that she borrowed money from a microfinance bank, and when she was unable to repay it, the bank representatives began bothering her and threatening to deal with her harshly.
As a result of this, she fled to Lagos and began selling sachet water. She said that she met a guy while hawking who led her to the woman who finally purchased her baby in Lagos.
The state police command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest and said the acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Babakura Muhammed, has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby.
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