Police hunt for buyer of stolen baby in Lagos community

By Sodiq Adelakun

The police in Lagos State are currently searching for the individual who purchased a stolen baby from a house help in the Shomolu area of the state.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed on Monday that the buyer left the baby at Alade Market in Shomolu as the police closed in on them.

The intense manhunt and pressure from the police likely led to the buyer’s decision to abandon the baby.

“In the early hours of Monday, the buyer abandoned the baby at Alade Market, Shomolu, because of an intense manhunt and pressure from the police.

“The baby was promptly rescued by the police. She has been handed over to her parents after they positively identified her,” Hundeyin stated.

An X (formerly Twitter) user, simply identified as @Simmm_K raised an alarm in a Saturday post that a house help absconded with the baby belonging to her boss.

“A house help ran away with my colleague’s baby this Saturday morning between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. in Shomolu,’’ the user posted.

@Simmm_K, who shared the picture of the teenage house help and the baby, appealed to the police and members of the public to help to find the baby.

She also posted a telephone number to be reached whenever or wherever the house help or baby was found.

She later updated the post stating that the house help had been arrested at Ikorodu, but without the baby.

According to Simmm_K, the house help confessed to have sold the baby for N800,000.

Simmm_K further updated her post that the baby had been found in the early hours on Monday.

“I’m glad to notify everyone that the baby was found this morning at Shomolu.

“Many thanks to everyone and the police for helping. The baby is united with the family,” she posted.