Police arrest Osun woman over alleged theft of 6-day-old baby
The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested one Ganiyat Abass, alleged to have stolen a six-day-old baby and concealed her in a sack.
Ms Abass allegedly stole the baby from one Jemilat Musa, 23, of Agbele’s compound, Iwo, Osun.
Olawale Olokode, the Commissioner of Police in Osun, made this known on Friday during the parade of criminal suspects at the police state headquarters in Osogbo.
“On Thursday at 8:30 p.m., a complainant reported at the Iwo Police Division that the suspect connived with her husband, one Olatunbosun.
“They stole a six-day old baby girl from her lactating mother who is having some medical challenge.
“The suspect went to the apartment of the mother of the baby, pretending to be her sister in-law, gave her some wraps of cornmeal and the sum of N200 to go and buy bean cake (Akara).
“Shortly after the baby’s mother left to buy the bean cake, the suspect quickly put the baby inside a sack and ran away.
“The suspect and her accomplice were later arrested in the early hours of today (Friday) through collaboration with the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF),” the police commissioner said.
Mr Olokode said during interrogation, the suspect and her accomplice confessed to the crime, and would be charged to court after the completion of investigation.
He said other suspects paraded were arrested for crimes ranging from fraud, burglary, stealing/receiving stolen items, as well as impersonation as a personnel of the Nigerian Army, among others.
(NAN)
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