Lagos police arrest five suspects for ‘selling two-week-old baby for N3m’

Operatives of the Lagos state police command have arrested five suspects for allegedly stealing and selling a two-week-old baby for N3 million.

Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Thursday.

Hundeyin said the state criminal investigation department (SCID) of the command apprehended the suspects — one man and four women — for abduction and child stealing.

“The complaint was originally lodged at Ajah Division on May 5 by an individual who reported that his 16-year-old cousin was impregnated by an unidentified person,” the statement reads.

“Investigation revealed that due to financial constraints, the complainant’s mother entrusted her to a guardian for accommodation until she delivers.

“However, the guardian conspired with four others to relocate the girl to an unknown location.

“When she was eventually found, she was without her pregnancy and the baby.”

He said operatives arrested the suspects, who had conspired and sold the baby for N3 million, after the case was transferred to the SCID for discreet investigation.

Hundeyin said detectives traced and recovered the stolen baby boy in Agemuwo, Badagry.

“The child was found safe and sound,” he added.

He said that the gender/anti-human trafficking unit is currently handling the case and attending to the baby pending his reunion with his biological mother.