Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 23-year-old Mary Olatayo for allegedly selling her three-week-old baby for N600,000.
Spokesperson of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said she was arrested following a complaint from the father of the baby.
The father of the baby was said to have reported at Mowe Divisional Police Headquarters that he met Olatayo some time ago and they started dating.
He further stated that she got pregnant in the process and he rented an apartment for her, where she lived till she was delivered of a baby boy.
He further stated that Olatayo suddenly disappeared with his baby from the apartment three weeks after delivery, only for her to be found in an hotel where she has gone for a hookup with another man.
All efforts to know where the baby was proved futile, the man reported to the police.
On the strength of his complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene, where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.
During interrogation, Olatayo confessed to the Police that she has sold the baby to someone in Anambra State for N600,000.
She confessed that it was her friend, Chioma Esther Ogbonna, who led her to the buyer in Anambra State and that they both shared the money equally.
Her confession led to the arrest of Ogbonna, who also corroborated Olatayo’s claims.
Police further revealed that Olatayo, a native of Omu-Aran in Kwara State is a call girl, who sees the baby as a disturbance to her business, hence the decision to do away with the baby.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
The CP also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby.
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