A Lagos resident identified as Falilat Olatunji who stole her benefactor’s
4-month-old son at Iyana Lajola community of Mile Two in Ogun State’s capital,
Abeokuta, has been arrested following a search that was conducted after the
mother of the baby Taiwo Bello raised an alarm.
Taiwo was reportedly doing laundry within her apartment when Falilat
sneaked into her room and stole her baby.
The suspect was arrested after the
police who were alerted after a search in the community was unsuccessful; saw
her with a baby that fitted the description at Ilewo Orile.
Upon being interrogated, Falilat who was squatting in same house with
parents of the baby said she stole him to deceive her husband she lied to about
being pregnant.
“The baby has been reunited with his
parents. The Commissioner of Police Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate
transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.
“He appealed to members of the public to always beware of people around
them because there are a lot of wolves in human skin,” Ogun State Police
spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi said.
