By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
Attempt by a mother to sell her two-month old baby has landed her and the prospective buyer in Police net in Lagos.
The deal, according to report, was uncovered through an intermediary caught in a public busby passengers with the baby.
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command were said to have rescued the intermediary when he was about to be lynched by a mob.
The Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson SP Benjamin Hundeyin who made the disclosure in a release on Saturday stated that preliminary investigations led to the arrest of the mother and the prospective buyer.
” Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Friday, May 26, 2023 successfully foiled an attempt by two women to sell a two-month old baby.
” The deal was uncovered in Oshodi when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, the intermediary between the mother of the baby and prospective buyer was suspected of stealing the baby.
“:Passengers on a public bus noticed ceaseless crying from the baby with Okolie and questioned why she could not breastfeed it if it were her own biological child.
” The suspect was about to be lynched when RRS operatives quickly stepped in to rescue her as well as the baby.
“:Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of the mother of the baby, one Maria Ahmadu ‘f’ aged 26.
” Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi has since transferred the suspects and baby to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigation and prosecution”, the statement reads.
