The baby, identified
as Funke Alaba, was said to have been kidnapped by her mother's friend
who had come visiting them sometime early this year.
Spokesman for the
state command, Mr. Olufemi Fabode, ASP, who briefed newsmen yesterday
while releasing the baby to her mother, said the police was still on the
trail of the suspect who was said to have abandoned the baby with an
old woman in Ibadan, Oyo state.
Fabode narrated the
understanding of security operatives over the matter as follows:" On
January 18 this year, a case of kidnapping was reported at Oro Police
Divisional Headquarters. The case was later transferred to the state
CID. It was a case of a nine month of child that was missing.
"On receiving the
information, the state CID moved to Ibadan. On getting to Ibadan, around
Oramiyan area of Ibadan, the nine-month old baby girl was discovered.
Her name is Funke Alaba. The suspect was Miss Shade presently at large
and the police is working on how to get her arrested. The said recovered
baby girl has been released to the parents today.
"The report was
initially made at Oro Division. The incident happened at Oro. Shade was a
long-time friend to the mother of kidnapped girl. She came around and
was playing with the mother. The mother went into the kitchen to prepare
food so that they would both eat. In the course of preparing the meal,
Shade took the girl and disappeared.
"From our
investigation, we discovered that Shade brought the girl to Ilorin,
bought her dress and other necessities before she later moved to Ibadan.
On getting to Ibadan, because people at Ibadan saw her last about two
or three years ago, she presented the girl to them that she was her
child. She presented the girl to an old woman who is her relative that
she has given birth a baby. Everybody was happy.
"Maybe she was
feeling suspicious, she later abandoned the girl with the old woman and
ran away. The mother of the kidnapped girl was living at Oke-ola in Oro.
When we released the girl today to the family members, they were very
happy and appreciated the police."
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