Two-years-old girl, Ramadan Matimu, was yesterday rescued from a woman who abducted her from her mother’s shop at Mile 12 market, Lagos.
Suspected child’s thiefThe suspect, Elizabeth Ibezim, allegedly took the child away without her mother’s consent.
The victim’s mother was busy selling her wares not knowing that her daughter had been stolen.
When she eventually noticed that her child was missing, she became frantic and a search party was immediately organized to help find the child.
Luck, however, ran out on the suspect when she was spotted with the child on her back by the victim’s mother.
The suspect was about boarding a commercial vehicle at Under-the- bridge bus stop Ketu, a reasonable distance from where the child was taken when she was arrested.
Police public relations officer, SP. Chike Oti who confirmed the story said:”The desperate mum rushed to the suspect and struggled to collect the baby from her, raising the alarm which attracted a mob that nearly lynched the woman save for the quick intervention of a Police team stationed strategically near the marketplace to provide round the clock security. The case is currently under investigation at the Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command”
Oti In a related development said the Command was investigating a case of defilement reported against 73-year-old Pa Fola Olowoigbo, of No.2 Fela Ahmed street, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos.
He said the suspect was alleged to have defiled a 14-year-old female child till she became pregnant.
The suspect who hailed from Ago- Iwoye, Ogun state is a local taxi driver and next door neighbor to the child’s mother.
He said the victim was always sent on errands by the suspect unknown to the mother that he had ulterior motives.
“Based on these developments, which are rife these days, the CP, wishes to warn parents to be wary of whom their children relate with so that incidences of this nature will not recur”.
