4 Women arrested over stolen Baby

Four women are now cooling their heels at
Ogidi Police station in Anambra State over a
stolen two months-old baby girl.
The baby said to have been stolen from her
mother at Nnewi was said to have been sold
for N625, 000 by an Enugu based woman
(names withheld).
The four women now in police custody
included three sellers.
During an interview with Daily Independent,
the buyer said that she resolved to procure
the baby girl because she needed a female
child that would look after her when she
would be old.
"I have a male child but I want a female child
that will look after me when I become old.
The boy will not nurse me more than the girl",
she said.
When asked if the husband was aware of her
plan to buy the baby, she spoke in the
affirmative, saying "he was aware and asked
me to carry on".
Confirming the arrest of the buyer and sellers,
the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in charge
of the Ogidi Police Station, Mr. Hassan Musa,
said that the baby has also been recovered
and that she is in police custody while effort
is on to get the mother.
Musa said he was satisfied with the
confessional statement of those arrested,
adding that two of the women that sold the
baby are based in Abatete and Onitsha.
He said "We had to move to Enugu to get the
baby on arresting the buyer days after and
now we are moving to Nnewi to know how
the mother of the baby will feature".
He reiterated the resolve of the Division to
stop all illegal sale of babies in the area.
Musa disclosed that it was on a tip off that
the police arrested the sellers while they were
waiting for the buyer to come from Enugu,
Enugu State.

Posted by Unknown on Thursday, 12 February 2015 - Rating: 4.5

Title : 4 Women arrested over stolen Baby
Description : Four women are now cooling their heels at Ogidi Police station in Anambra State over a stolen two months-old baby girl. The baby said to hav...

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