A female sergeant, Obotie Adesuwa, is currently in the cell
of the X-Squad Section of the Lagos State Police Command, after she allegedly
sold a one week-old baby boy who had been brought with his mother to the police
station.
It was learnt that the sergeant who is from Edo State,
is attached to the Akinpelu Police Division, where the baby boy and her mother,
Toyin, who is said to be mentally unstable, had been brought to by a Good
Samaritan.
It was learnt that the Good Samaritan,
who was taking care of the Toyin had brought her and her baby to
the station after Toyin was delivered of the baby in a psychiatric hospital.
They were reportedly brought to the police in the last week of September, Adesuwa, who was on duty, had received the baby but failed to document the incident.
They were reportedly brought to the police in the last week of September, Adesuwa, who was on duty, had received the baby but failed to document the incident.
However, on Monday, November 9, when Toyin showed up at
the station to ask for her baby, the sergeant pretended that she didn't know
her.
A police source said:
“The incident happened at the Akinpelu Police Division. The
sergeant received the report of a mentally deranged woman and her newborn baby.
But on the same evening, she was said to have arranged for the woman and the
baby to be put inside a car and driven away by unknown persons.
“At a junction, the baby’s mother was given N500 and asked
to alight. The car drove away with the baby. It was on Monday, November 9, that
the mother unbelievably showed up at the station to ask for her baby. The
sergeant initially denied ever meeting her.
“The DPO was later informed, and took all of them to the
Area Commander, and then the female sergeant was arrested. The baby has now
been recovered.”
Another source, who claimed to have spoken with Adesuwa
after her arrest said:
“The mother of the baby came to ask after him about two
months after and that was when the bubble burst. When Adesuwa denied ever
knowing her, the baby’s mother was enraged and went to report to the DPO.
“The DPO then ordered that Adesuwa be detained.That was when
she confessed to the DPO that the baby had been taken to her village, and later
sold in Port Harcourt. The suspect, was however, able to help in recovering the
baby.
“The woman, who helped her to carry the baby to Port
Harcourt, has also been arrested. She (Adesuwa) told us, her police friends,
that it was the devil that pushed her to commit the crime.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relatisons Officer, DSP Joe
Offor, confirmed Adesuwa’s arrest, adding that investigation was ongoing.
He said, “The sergeant was arrested in connection with a
stolen baby boy. Investigation is ongoing.”
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