Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle for allegedly selling her 18 months old baby for N600,000 to a yet-to-be-identified buyer.
The command indicated that the incident occurred on 15th March 2023.
The state police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by her husband, Nureni Rasaq.
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He said the husband had reported that his wife (Olaide Adekunle), left home for Lagos on March 15, 2023 with their baby girl, Moridiat Rasaq, but returned home without the baby.
He added that the said husband 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 the whereabouts of the said baby.
Acting on the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango, CSP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to arrest the woman.
Oyeyemi explained that during interrogation, the suspect confessed that she had sold the baby to someone in Lagos for N600,000.
He said further, “When asked the reason for her action, she stated that she borrowed money from a microfinance bank, and when she was unable to pay back the money, the bank agents started dragging her and threatening to deal decisively with her.
“It was consequent upon this that she ran to Lagos and started hawking sachet water.
“It was while hawking that she met a man who introduced her to the woman that eventually bought the child in Lagos.”
Meanwhile, the acting Commissioner of Police in the state, DCP Babakura Muhammed, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby.
