The Lagos State Police Command has busted a child’s theft syndicate in Lagos. The police recovered a one -week -old -baby stolen from Gombe State from the syndicate. The baby who was seriously sick has been taken to the hospital for treatment.
Lagos State police public relations officer, DSP Bala Elkana, said the syndicate was discovered August 26 at the Jakande Estate gate, Ejigbo area of Lagos. According to Elkana,” about 3.30 pm, a police officer attached to Motor traffic division, while controlling traffic at Jakande gate, Ejigbo, noticed a sort of commotion close to her traffic point. She intervened and discovered that the commotion was about two ladies, Gift,24 and Florence, 50, found with a newborn baby.
They were about to be lynched over the suspicion that the baby may have been stolen. Some people who have been trailing them from their residence in Ijegun, raised the alarm. ” The community had been suspecting that the suspects were using their clinic for the business of buying and selling of babies, but for the timely intervention of the traffic policewoman, the women with the baby were rescued and taken to the Ejigbo divisional police Headquarters where the in-depth investigation was conducted.
” Investigation revealed that the said Florence, a native of Igueben, Edo State, who is not a registered Nurse operates two Maternity Clinics, Flofidel Clinic and Maternity Homes with branches in Shosanya Street, I82, Ijegun road, and Okunola Ijagemo areas. On interrogation, Florence confessed to having been in the business of sales of babies for a while. She revealed that a baby girl is referred to as “Pink” while a baby boy is called “Blue”, and are both referred to as “market” .
She further confessed that the male baby found in their possession was brought to her from Gombe, en route Akure and that they wanted to sell the baby for N500,000.00. “The rescued baby who appeared sick with symptoms suspected to be jaundice was promptly taken to the hospital for medical attention. Worthy of mention are pictures of about 50 different babies in the phone of the suspect, believed to have already been sold.
Florence confessed that babies were usually sold between N500,000.00 and N1million depending on their sex”. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu has ordered the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, to take over the investigation and ensure that other members of the syndicate were apprehended. In another development, Elkana said that the police also arrested prophet Daniel for allegedly attempting to rape a lady.
He said the victim, Joy who resides at Olarenwaju Street, Ejigbo, reported at Ejigbo police station, that Daniel, 41, came to her shop under the guise of being a prophet sent to her by God. Joy stated that the prophet claimed that he saw a vision that she was having spiritual problems. One of the vision was that she would be having fibroid growth in her womb in the nearest future.
“She said that Daniel collected N3,050 from her and a bottle of perfume worth N1000 for spiritual cleansing. She stated further that the suspect followed her to her house and ordered her to remove her clothes for him to rob anointing oil on her buttocks. She said that she became apprehensive when she noticed that the suspect was masturbating while he was robbing the anointing oil on her buttocks.
The Suspect was arrested and charged to Court for indecent assault and has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison.
