I sold my baby to offset loan secured from micro finance bank, suspect tells police
A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling her 18-month-old baby, Morifat Rasaq for N600, 000, confessing that she did that to offset a loan she took from a micro finance bank
Penpushing reports that the Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in in a statement on Monday, adding the husband reported that his wife left home with their baby girl, but returned home without the baby.
The police spokesman disclosed that the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Sango divisional headquarters of the police by her husband, Nureni Rasaq, who emphasized that she left home with their baby girl, Moridiat Rasaq, but returned home without the baby.
Penpushing further reports that Oyeyemi said the husband added that his wife refused to disclose the whereabouts of the baby, stating that in response to the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to arrest the woman
The Command Public Relations Officer explained that during interrogation, the suspect confessed that she sold the baby to someone in Lagos for N600, 000, stating that she sold the girl to offset a loan she took from a micro finance bank
“When asked the reason for her action, she stated that she borrowed money from a microfinance bank, and when she was unable to pay back the money, the bank agents started dragging her and threatening to deal decisively with her’, she expained.
“It was consequent upon this that she ran to Lagos and started hawking sachet water. It was while hawking that she met a man who introduced her to the woman that eventually bought the child in Lagos.”
Penpushing also reports that the Acting Commissioner of Police Babakura Muhammed, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby.
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