Mary Olatayo was arrested by the Operatives of Ogun State Police Command for selling her three-week- old baby for N600,000.
The suspect was arrested after a complaint from the father of the baby, who reported at Mowe Divisional headquarters that he met Olatayo sometime ago and they started dating.
He stated that Mary got pregnant in the process and he rented an apartment for her where she lived till she was delivered of a baby boy.
He complained further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment three weeks after delivery, only to be found in a hotel where she had gone for a ‘hook-up’ with another man.
The father of the baby alleged that efforts to know where the baby was proved futile. On the strength of his complaint, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Mowe division, Superintendent of Police (SP), Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.
On interrogation, Olatayo confessed to have sold the baby to someone in Anambra State for N600,000. She confessed that her friend, Chioma Esther Ogbonna, led her to the buyer in Anambra State and they both shared the money equally.
Her confession led to the arrest of Ogbonna, who also corroborated Olatayo’s claims.
Further investigation revealed that Olatayo a native of Omu-aran in Kwara, State is a ‘call girl’, who sees the baby as a disturbance to her business, hence she decided to do away with the baby.
Fortunately for her, she has an accomplice in Chioma, a native of Imo State, who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra State.
The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Departments (SCIID) for further investigation.
The CP also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby.
