A 23 years old lady, Mary Olatayo, has been arrested for selling her three weeks old baby at the rate of N600,000.00.
The suspect was arrested by the police in Ogun State following a complaint from the father of the baby, who reported at Mowe divisional headquarters that, he met Mary Olatayo sometimes ago and they started dating each other.
The complainant stated that Mary got pregnant in the process and he rented an apartment for her where she lived till she was delivered of a baby boy.
He stated further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment three weeks after delivery only for her to be found in an hotel where she had gone for a hookup with another man.
All efforts to know where the baby was, he said, proved futile.
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On the strength of his complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.
On interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed to the Police that she had sold the baby to someone in Anambra State at the rate of N600,000.00 only.
She confessed that it was her friend Chioma Esther Ogbonna who led her to the buyer in Anambra State and that they both shared the money equally.
Her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Esther Ogbonna who also corroborated Mary’s claims.
Further investigation revealed that, Mary Olatayo, a native of Omu-Aran in Kwara State is a call girl, who saw the baby as a disturbance to her business hence she decided to do away with the baby.
Fortunately for her, she had an accomplice in Chioma, a native of Imo State who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra State.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation.
The CP also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby.
