How Female Sergeant Sold Baby Brought to Police Station in Lagos
Obotie Adesuwa, a female sergeant, has been detained at the X-Squad Section of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling a week-old baby boy who had been brought with his mother to a police station.
According to Punch, Adesuwa is attached to the Akinpelu Police Division, where the baby boy and her mother, Toyin, said to be mentally unstable, had also been brought to by a Good Samaritan.
The Good Samaritan, who was taking care of the baby’s mother, had brought Toyin and her child to the station after Toyin was delivered of the baby in a psychiatric hospital.
They were reportedly brought to the police in the last week of September. It was learnt that Adesuwa, who was on duty, had received the baby.
There was, however, trouble at the Akinpelu division on Monday, November 9, when Toyin showed up at the station to ask for her baby, but the sergeant allegedly denied knowing the woman.
It was learnt that the matter had caused an altercation during which the Divisional Police Officer invited the mother and the sergeant and interrogated them. The sergeant was said to have confessed to the DPO that she collected the baby but had sold him.
A police said Adesuwa allegedly took the baby to her village in Edo State, and later sold him to a family in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
It was learnt Adesuwa, who allegedly failed to record the incident in the crime diary of the police station on the fateful evening, was then arrested and taken to the Area F command, Ikeja, from where she was later transferred to the X-Squad Section.
The source said,
“The incident happened at the Akinpelu Police Division. The sergeant received the report of a mentally deranged woman and her newborn baby. But on the same evening, she was said to have arranged for the woman and the baby to be put inside a car and driven away by unknown persons.
At a junction, the baby’s mother was given N500 and asked to alight. The car drove away with the baby. It was on Monday, November 9, that the mother unbelievably showed up at the station to ask for her baby. The sergeant initially denied ever meeting her.
The DPO was later informed, and took all of them to the Area Commander, and then the female sergeant was arrested. The baby has now been recovered.”
Another source, who claimed to have spoken with Adesuwa after her arrest, added that the sergeant gave the baby to one of her relatives in Edo State to sell to a couple in Port Harcourt at an undisclosed amount.
She explained that the baby was later rescued through the help of policemen while the buyer was also arrested.
She said, “The mother of the baby came to ask after him about two months after and that was when the bubble burst. When Adesuwa denied ever knowing her, the baby’s mother was enraged and went to report to the DPO. The DPO then ordered that Adesuwa be detained.That was when she confessed to the DPO that the baby had been taken to her village, and later sold in Port Harcourt. The suspect, was however, able to help in recovering the baby. The woman, who helped her to carry the baby to Port Harcourt, has also been arrested. She (Adesuwa) told us, her police friends, that it was the devil that pushed her to commit the crime.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relatisons Officer, DSP Joe Offor, who confirmed Adesuwa’s arrest, said investigation was ongoing.
Hmmm this is serious! So those who are suppose to protect the laws are now committing the crimes? This is absurd!
Is she for real? She is supposed to be protecting life & property
Wow…… people that were meant to protect you stabbing you right in your face. This is a horrible situation, trading babies like biscuits…..it’s a sorry case.
End time
non b only devil,she just drag d name of d police to d mud she must b punish
Nawah
Devil don suffer
Na wa oh
Quest of quick money…Police are not reliable
na open eye be dis? Tufiakwa
My god
Nawa!
I’m sure she thought the mother of the baby would never come back, seeing that she had mental issues. But too bad for her, luck ran out on her
Am not surprised at all,this is just the least of thier numerous autrocities
Nemesis
May God forgive her. Police sef
Fast money!! Police are not reliable..
so selling and stealing babies are now the leading business’s in Nigeria.this is sickning
thief