When Mrs. Funke Olowokere of Sobi Road,
Ilorin, Kwara State, left her one-month-old daughter with her neighbour
and friend, Funke Odelabi, last Sunday, little did she know that she
would abduct the baby.
After Olowokere, who had been washing
the baby’s clothes, discovered that Odelabi had disappeared with her
baby, she was said to have raised the alarm which attracted neighbours
who organised a search party for the missing girl and the suspect but
all to no avail.
Parading the suspect on Saturday, the
outgoing Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Mr. Agboola
Oshodi-Glover, explained that after the residents failed to locate the
suspect, the matter was reported at the police station.
He added that in the course of
investigation, Odelabi was traced and arrested in Ogbomosho, while the
baby was rescued and handed over to her parents.
Odelabi, who confessed to the crime,
said, “I have no child of my own. This has been a burden to me as I
really wish to carry my own baby. After all failed attempts to have a
baby, I stole the child. The devil must have pushed me into doing this,”
she said.
During the parade of the suspect by the
commissioner, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Christopher
Dega, who was on a working visit to the command, also handed over an
Infinity Sports Utility Vehicle that was recovered by the police to its
owner, Mr. Elochukwu Okeke
Oshodi-Glover said six suspects were
arrested by the police in connection with the robbery. He named the
suspects as Adekunle Ishola, Dele Cletus, Simon Ogundeji, Dare
Suleiman, Salisu Balogun, Okesola Rufai, Kazeem Yakubu and Fatai
Yakubu.
The commissioner said three cutlasses,
one Toyota Corolla car, marked Abuja ABC 76 APP, and three motorcycles
were recovered from them.
He said, “On December 13, 2013, around
8am, one Lawal Dare reported that a gang of robbers, numbering about
six, invaded his house where household and personal items, including a
Toyota Corolla car, were stolen.
“The first suspect, Adekunle Ishola, was
identified by the complainant. He was arrested and his confession led
to the arrest of Cletus, Ogundeji, and Suleiman by a team of
anti-robbery men from the State Criminal Investigation Department.
“Their confession also led to the arrest
of Fatai Yakubu of the Saki area of Oyo State, who later led
detectives to the recovery of an earlier stolen Infinity Jeep and arrest
of two of his gang members.”
Oshodi-Glover added that the command
apprehended two suspects – Bala Tanko and Taju Ayinde – for criminal
conspiracy and unlawful possession of fire arms.
He said, “On Monday around 1.30pm,
based on a tip-off on the hideout of a wanted notorious armed robber,
popularly called Gbajama, at Okoolowo, Ilorin, a team of anti-robbery
men carried out a raid of the hideout.
“The aforementioned suspects were
arrested. The suspects confessed to having committed many heinous crimes
in Ilorin metropolis and beyond.”
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