Woman who stole baby at church nabbed 6 months after

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 28-year-old woman who allegedly stole a threeyear-old baby at a special Holy Ghost service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) last July.

The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the toddler’s mother, Akamaka Patience Francis, reported the missing baby shortly after the incident.

“Luck however ran out on the suspect, Anuoluwapo Joshua on the 29th of December when the child was sighted inside the youth centre at Redemption camp of the same Church during the children’s end of the year party organized by church.

“On receiving the information, the DPO, Redeemed division, SP Olaiya Martins, led detectives to the centre where they waited until the end of the programme when the suspect came out to pick the child and was promptly arrested.

“She has since confessed to the crime. She admitted that she lured the child out of her parents sight and took her to Ofada area where she has been taking care of the child since then.”

Oyeyemi added that investigation further revealed that “the suspect had earlier gotten pregnant for somebody in Lagos but travelled to the North where she claimed she was delivered of a baby girl. But when she came back from the North, she didn’t come with the baby which made the man who impregnated her to be putting pressure on her to bring his child for him.

“She later informed her relatives that she was going to Nasarawa State to bring the child but went to Redeemed camp where she stayed for some days before stealing the child which she presented to her relations as her daughter,” Oyeyemi said.

He added that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu, has ordered the transfer of the suspect to the state Criminal Investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.