Ogun State Police command has rescued a one year old child from a 35 year old suspect, Sunday Alani at Atolashe village in Odeda local government area of Ogun state.
The suspect was arrested after the policemen attached to Odeda divisional headquarters received a distress call from passersby that the suspect had stolen a little girl in the area.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi told journalists in Abeokuta that the suspect took advantage of the inattentive of her mother who was busy with gaari, took the little girl and started running.
Mr Oyeyemi noted that the suspect confessed to the crime and told the policemen that he had previously stolen two children from Egbeda in Lagos and Akute area of Ogun state.
The PPRO said the suspect also confessed that he would hand over the stolen child to the two women whom, he said would give him the sum of eighty thousand naira in return.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered a massive manhunt for the two women accomplices of the suspect with a view to bring them to justice.
He also directed that the suspect be transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
Olusegun Folarin
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