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.
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.”