This followed the confessional statement made by the trafficker, Mrs. Grace Onye, 52. Onye told the police that she specialises in the illegal business of buying babies in Lagos for sale to those who required them.
In her confession, she admitted that it was not her first time of coming to Lagos to buy babies, adding that she had been coming to Lagos to buy babies in the past three years. She told the police that she sold all the babies to those in need, especially barren women.
She was arrested along with her customer, 45-year old Mrs. Ngozi Ikeh who is barren and needed a child.
They were arrested at Ikotun in the morning while going back to Ontisha with a stolen baby sold to them for N300,000 by their contact man who is now at large.
The suspects confessed that they had a contact man simply identified as Samuel who usually lodged them at Francis Inn Hotel located at Abiola Adeyemi Street, Igando Road, Ikotun whenever they are in Lagos to buy babies. Grace confessed further that it was in that hotel that Samuel brought the baby and collected N300,000.
Joy Olowolade, the two-year old stolen baby was allegedly kidnapped at 6, Oladunjoye Street, off Igando Road, Ikotun Lagos.
Samuel abducted the baby at the stated address in a dramatic form around 4 p.m. on Monday when he threw a banger in the compound where Joy was playing with other kids.
The sound of the banger caused confusion in the compound and the children ran away in different directions. When the dust settled, Joy was nowhere to be found.
Funke explained that one of her neighbours confirmed that she saw the man who snatched the baby during the confusion that greeted the explosion of the banger.
Olowolade and neighbours later arranged themselves in groups to look for the missing baby. They searched for Joy in every house and street in the neighbourhoods but could not find her.
Narrating her experience, Funke stated: “It all happened like a dream, Joy told me she was hungry and I was preparing her food when she went out to play with her friends in the compound. Within the twinkling of an eye Eniola rushed in to tell us that somebody threw a banger in the compound and everybody ran away. She said she didn’t see Joy when the commotion died down.
“We searched all the nooks and crannies till midnight. She was nowhere to be found,” Funke said.
At about 4 a.m. the following day, the Olowolades and their neighours moved round the streets again looking for Joy. They saw a woman walking briskly and carrying a baby on her back with her friend. Somebody shouted the name of the missing baby and Joy answered ‘ma.’
Immediately the baby answered, the trafficker and her friend ran. They tried to drop the baby but they were caught by the rescuers. They were beaten and later handed over to the police at Ikotun division who transferred them to the SCID for further investigation.
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Igbos are very good in Biz like Child Traficals and Baby Factory bcus of their attitude for Money. That's y they can not be President of this country.
ReplyDeleteYou are a fool forever,why don't y go straight to point and make a useful comments and stop insulting the igbos,no tribs are saints fuck you,since igbos are not opportune to be president of this country,you are still not settled in nigeria,you need an igbo man before peace can rain,pple like you should think be4 writing such comment against an Igbo race,you are such an uncosiderable count,you are also an Ass hole to think you think you can insult an Igbo race.
ReplyDeletei b4 odas...ibo...very useless race,always self centred..can do anytin cos of money
ReplyDeleteJust tell ur People to stop this type of biz, I know u sabi speak English
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is why people like making comments against igbos on any little opportunity. Pls my dear people there is no better race. Stop accusing people wrongly and act as learned people which I suppose u are. I watch how igbos make a clear simple comment each time other tribes are involve in bad stories,this is people they are wise. Please nigerian eye I thought u people go through a comment before publishing. It is very wrong to insult people you don't know pls.
ReplyDeleteplease, stop all these tribal abuses
ReplyDeleteIbo is not a race. i think we should educate ourselves first before coming on here to make silly comments. Besidesl i don't see what a tribe has to do with this. it all boils down to who a person is. his /her attributes, values and self worth.
ReplyDeletei have also read in the past about other tribes doing things like this.and Yes other tribes have even done worse even mine (not judging).
FYI, i am not Ibo
if not 4 1 tin i wud called u a ''bonkom''...is ur tribe better ?
ReplyDeleteCari ur time dia.
With this type of shocking stories of continuous baby theft and baby buying business in Nigeria, every Nigerian parent needs to take extra in watching their kids.
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Story story. The child was willingly sold by her parents. Why did they not report to the police in the first place.The parents of the kid must be investigated too
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