Via Punch: 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 week-old baby boy who had been
brought with his mother to a police station.
Punch Metro learnt that Adesuwa, who hails
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 also been
brought to by a Good Samaritan.
It was
gathered that the Good Samaritan, who was taking care of the baby’s mother, had
brought Toyin and her child 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. It was learnt
that Adesuwa, who was on duty, had received the baby.
Punch Metro gathered that there was, however,
trouble at the Akinpelu division on Monday, November 9, when Toyin showed up at
the station to ask for her baby, but the sergeant allegedly denied knowing the
woman.
It was
learnt that the matter had caused an altercation during which the Divisional
Police Officer invited the mother and the sergeant and interrogated them. The
sergeant was said to have confessed to the DPO that she collected the baby but
had sold him.
A police
source told our correspondents that Adesuwa allegedly took the baby to her
village in Edo State, and later sold him to a family in Port Harcourt, Rivers
State.
Our
correspondents learnt that Adesuwa, who allegedly failed to record the incident
in the crime diary of the police station on the fateful evening, was then
arrested and taken to the Area F command, Ikeja, from where she was later
transferred to the X-Squad Section.
The 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, added that
the sergeant gave the baby to one of her relatives in Edo State to sell to a
couple in Port Harcourt at an undisclosed amount.
She
explained that the baby was later rescued through the help of policemen while
the buyer was also arrested.
She 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.”
Our
correspondents gathered that Toyin had also showed up at the X-Squad Section
and was assisting the police with investigation.
Efforts to
reach the baby’s mother for comment, were, however, not successful as of press
time.
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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