Police Arrest Lady For Selling New Born Baby In Ogun

On Thursday, the Ogun State Police Command announced that Mary Olatayo was arrested for selling her baby, aged three weeks, for N600,000.

In a press statement by the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, he said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the father of the baby about the missing baby and mother.

The Police PRO said, “The father of the missing baby reported at Mowe divisional headquarters that, he met Mary Olatayo sometimes ago and they started dating each other. He added that Mary was pregnant and he rented an apartment to her, where she lived until the birth of her baby boy.

“He complained further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment 3 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 is proved futile.”

Oyeyemi, however, stated that on the strength of the complaint by the missing baby’s father, the DPO Mowe Division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.

He stated, “On interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed to the Police that she has sold the baby to someone in Anambra State at the rate of six hundred thousand naira. She admitted that her friend Chioma Esther Olonna led her to Anambra State’s buyer and that they shared equally the money.

“Her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Esther Ogbonna who also corroborated Mary’s claims. Further investigation revealed Mary Olatayo, a native Omu-Aran in Kwara State, is a call-girl who views the baby as a disruption to her business. She decided to get rid of the baby. Unfortunately, she has an accomplice in Chioma a native of Imo state who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra state.”

The PPRO added that the State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to Anti-human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.

The CP ordered that all possible efforts must be made to locate the baby.