A woman, Jumoke Adesida, has told detectives
attached to the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja that she abducted a two-year-old
girl to replace the daughter her ex-husband took away from her.
Adesina explained sometimes ago, she went to the
Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp where she went to pray over an illness affecting
her.
She said that by the time she returned, she
discovered that her former husband and his family members had taken her
daughter away.
According to her, since her daughter was
taken, she had been lonely and desperately needed someone to keep her company,
which was why she abducted a little at Odokerere area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Adesida said: "When I saw the little
girl, Roqibat, I moved closed to her and asked her to follow me. When I was
taking her, nobody stopped me. I took the girl away and started feeding her
with rice and noodles. She spent three days with me. I abducted the girl
because of the trauma I was going through. I needed someone to keep me company
after my husband took my baby away. They took her from me, saying I might
infect her with my illness. I’m always happy seeing a baby beside me.”
Recalling how she was arrested, Adesida said:
“I was going to buy what the baby and I would eat when someone sighted us and
immediately alerted the parents of the baby. They came and took her.”
The victim’s mother, Mrs Aminat Abidoye
said: “My daughter was abducted on June 25, in my shop when I stepped
out to buy eggs. I left my baby with someone in my shop. Unfortunately, the
person fell asleep. It was at that point that the woman went into the shop and
abducted my baby.”
Abidoye said that since the abduction of her
baby, they had been frantically searching for the baby, with friends and others
assisting her. She added that the matter was later reported at Sagamu Police Station.
The happy mother recounted: “Even after reporting
the matter at the station, we went to the Baale’s place to report the
matter. On Sunday, someone called my husband on
phone that they saw my daughter with someone at Odogunyan area. We rushed to
the area; when my daughter sighted me, she started screaming. When I approached
the woman, she claimed my daughter was hers.”
Abidoye further added: “I told the woman that
the cloth my daughter was wearing, was one of those I bought for her. Incidentally,
the wig and shoe she wore on the day she was abducted, was what she wore on the
day I met the woman. I brought out my phone and showed her pictures of my
daughter.”
Abidoye said that in the course of the explanations
and arguments, a crowd gathered. Even after showing her evidences to prove that
the little girl was hers, Adesida allegedly refused to relinquish the baby. This
attitude infuriated the crowd and they soon pounced on her.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal
Imohimi, said: “On June 22, Aminat Abidoye of No.12, Kassim Adeboye Street,
Jerry Farm, Odongunyan, Ikorodu, reported to the police that her two-year-old
daughter was missing. I ordered the Anti-kidnap Squad to deploy all necessary
assets to make sure the victim was rescued and the suspect arrested. The
community policing structure which had been put in place led the police to a
village at Odokekere in Ogun State, where the suspect was arrested and the baby
rescued. The suspect however confessed to the crime, claiming that she
committed the crime because her only child was taken away from her. The victim
had been reunited with her parents and that the suspect would be charged to
court.”
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