Operatives of Lagos State Police command have arrested five people, including a couple, over alleged involvement in selling a two-month-old baby boy.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrests through a statement released on Saturday in Lagos.
He revealed that detectives from Oko-oba Police Division arrested the suspects following a report from the baby’s mother.
According to Hundeyin; the child’s mother reported that one of the suspects absconded with her son to an unknown destination on July 11.
He said, “Detectives swung into action, which led to the arrest of one Gloria, who during interrogation confessed to selling the baby for ₦500,000 to one Pastor Peter.”
”Pastor Peter, who was subsequently arrested in Ikene Town, Ogun, admitted reselling the child for N1.4 million to one Loretta.
”Loretta was then also arrested in Festac Town, Lagos. She confessed to selling the baby for N2.3 million.”
Hundeyin added that further investigations led to the arrest of a couple, Mr and Mrs James who were the final buyers of the baby, during the naming ceremony of the stolen child.
The spokesman said the suspects will be arraigned in court after investigation.
