A woman who lied to her husband that she was pregnant has stolen a baby to cover up the lie.
The scam by the woman named Falilat Olatunji who stole her benefactor’s 4-month-old son in Abeokuta, has however been busted as she is now in the custody of the Ogun State Police Command.
According to the police pro, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Taiwo was reportedly doing laundry within her apartment when Falilat sneaked into her room and stole her baby.
But she was arrested after the police who were alerted after a search in the community was unsuccessful, saw her with a baby that fitted the description at Ilewo Orile.
Oyeyemi said:
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to have stolen the baby on order to deceive her husband he was the product of the pregnancy she told him.
“Investigation revealed that the suspect was once squatting in the same house with the parents of the baby and that she was present during the naming ceremony of the same baby.
“The baby has been reunited with his parents. The Commissioner of Police Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.
“He appealed to members of the public to always beware of people around them because there are a lot of wolves in human skin.”
