Report has it that a 23 years old lady, Mary Olatayo has been arrested by the operatives of Ogun state Police Command for selling her three weeks old baby at the rate of six hundred thousand naira.
The suspect, as confirmed by the Command spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested on 18th of August, 2022 following a complaint from the father of the baby, who reported at Mowe divisional headquarters that, he met Mary Olatayo sometimes ago and they started dating each other.
The father, Oyeyemi said, stated further that, Mary got pregnant in the process and he rented an apartment for her where she lived till she delivered of a baby boy.
He complained further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment 3 weeks after delivery only for her to be found in an hotel where she has gone for a hookup with another man. All efforts to know where the baby is proved futile.
Following his report, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.
On interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed to the Police that she has sold the baby to someone in Anambra state at the rate of six hundred thousand naira , claiming that her friend, Chioma Esther Ogbonna who led her to the buyer in Anambra state and that they both shared the money equally.
Chioma Esther Ogbonna who also corroborated Mary’s claims said that Mary saw the baby as a disturbance to her business hence she decided to do away with the baby.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation Departments for further investigation.
The CP also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby.
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