Ogun: 23-year-old woman sells three-week-old baby for N600,000 

A 23-year-old woman identified as Mary Olatayo has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling her three weeks old baby for N600,000.

 

This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi.

 

Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the father of the baby.

 

The PPRO said the father reported the matter at Mowe divisional headquarters, narrating that, he met Mary Olatayo sometime ago and they started dating each other.

 

He said “The man stated further that, Mary got pregnant in the process and he rented an apartment for her where she lived till she was delivered of a baby boy.

 

“He complained further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment three weeks after delivery only for her to be found in a hotel where she has gone for a hookup with another man.

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“All efforts to know where the baby is proved futile.

 

“On the strength of his complaint, 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.

 

“She confessed that it was her friend Chioma Esther Ogbonna who led her to the buyer in Anambra and that they both shared the money equally.

 

“Her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Esther Ogbonna who also corroborated Mary’s claims.

 

“Further investigation revealed that Mary Olatayo a native of Omu-Aran in Kwara state is a call girl, who sees the baby as a disturbance to her business hence she decided to do away with the baby.

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“Fortunately for her, she has an accomplice in Chioma, a native of Imo state who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra state.”

 

The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation.

 

He said, “The CP also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby.” CONTINUE READING………..

 

 

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