Four Women Arrested Over Stolen Baby Girl

Four women are now cooling their
heels at Ogidi Police station in
Anambra State over a stolen two
months-old baby girl.
The baby said to have been stolen
from her mother at Nnewi was said
to have been sold for N625, 000 by
an Enugu based woman (names
withheld).
The four women now in police
custody included three sellers.
During an interview with Daily
Independent, the buyer said that she
resolved to procure the baby girl
because she needed a female child
that would look after her when she
would be old.
“I have a male child but I want a
female child that will look after me
when I become old. The boy will not
nurse me more than the girl”, she
said.
When asked if the husband was
aware of her plan to buy the baby,
she spoke in the affirmative, saying
“he was aware and asked me to
carry on”.
Confirming the arrest of the buyer
and sellers, the Divisional Police
Officer (DPO), in charge of the Ogidi
Police Station, Mr. Hassan Musa,
said that the baby has also been
recovered and that she is in police
custody while effort is on to get the
mother.
Musa said he was satisfied with the
confessional statement of those
arrested, adding that two of the
women that sold the baby are based
in Abatete and Onitsha.
He said “We had to move to Enugu
to get the baby on arresting the
buyer days after and now we are
moving to Nnewi to know how the
mother of the baby will feature”.
He reiterated the resolve of the
Division to stop all illegal sale of
babies in the area.
Musa disclosed that it was on a tip
off that the police arrested the
sellers while they were waiting for
the buyer to come from Enugu,
Enugu State.