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The Ogun State Police Command has detained a 23-year-old lady, Mary Olatayo, for selling her three-week-old baby boy for N600,000.
Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, verified the arrest in a statement on Thursday,
According to Oyeyemi, the suspect was charged following a complaint from the father of the baby.
Oyeyemi said, “The man said Mary got pregnant in the process and he rented an apartment for her where she lived till she delivered a baby boy. He explained 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 went to ‘have sex with another man.
All efforts to know the baby’s location proved unsuccessful.
The Divisional Police Officer, Mowe Division, SP Folake Afeniforo, sent detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.
On interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed to the police that she sold the baby to someone in Anambra State at the rate of N600,000. She confessed that it was her friend, Chioma Ogbonna, who led her to the buyer in Anambra State, and that they both shared the money equally.
“Her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Ogbonna, who also confirmed 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.
Fortunately for her, she has an accomplice in Chioma, a native of Imo State, who quickly contacted the buyer in the state.”
Meanwhile, Oyeyemi informed the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, who ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
The Ogun Command PRO added that the CP also directed officials should explore all avenues to recover the baby.
A lot of Nigerians in the country have frowned at this barbaric act carried out by mary. The police also urge Citizens to report any criminal acts carried out by evil people out there.
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