Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two women for attempting to sell a two-month-old baby.
The RRS is a squad attached to the Lagos State Police Command.
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In a statement on Saturday, the command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that the suspects were arrested on Friday, a day before Children’s Day.
According to Hundeyin, passengers on a public boss raised the alarm after the intermediary between the baby’s mother and the prospective buyer could not prove the child is hers.
He revealed that a mob was about to lynch her when RRS operatives rescued her and the baby.
“Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on Friday, May 26, 2023, successfully foiled an attempt by two women to sell a two-month-old baby,” the statement reads.
“The deal was uncovered in Oshodi when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, the intermediary between the mother of the baby and prospective buyer, was suspected of stealing the baby.
“Passengers on a public bus noticed ceaseless crying from the baby with Okolie and questioned why she could not breastfeed it if it were her own biological child.
“The suspect was about to be lynched when RRS operatives quickly stepped in to rescue her as well as the baby.
“Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of the mother of the baby, one Maria Ahmadu ‘f’ aged 26. Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has since transferred the suspects and baby to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigation and prosecution.”
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The police did not name identify the prospective buyer nor disclose whether efforts are ongoing to arrest them.
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