Men of the Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, arrested an alleged 35-year-old child-stealing expert, Sunday Alani, who was accused of stealing a one-year-old child.
The accused, who has gained notoriety as an expert in stealing children, confessed to have had previously stolen two children from Egbeda in Lagos State and Akute Area of Ogun State.
According to a release by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was said to have committed the offence at Atolashe village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/81/25/02/2022, further stated that the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the policemen attached to ye Odeda Divisional Headquarters.
It stated that the little girl was playing around in her parent’s compound when suspect took advantage of her inattentive mother who was busy frying gaari (cassava flakes) and stylishly took the little girl and started running away.
“It was a passerby, who noticed the suspicious movement of the suspect that called the attention of the mother who then raised alarm.
“Upon the distress call, the DPO Odeda Division, CSP Femi Olabode, mobilised his men, in conjunction with “So-Safe-Corps” men and moved to the scene. The suspect was chased to the bush where he was arrested and the child rescued from him.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime. He informed the police that he came to the area with two women who are his accomplices.
“He explained further that he had previously stolen two children from Egbeda in Lagos and Akute Area of Ogun State.
“According to him, once he succeeded in stolen a child, he will hand such child to the two women who will give him the sum of N80,000,” Oyeyemi stated in the release.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered a massive manhunt for the two women accomplices of the suspect with the view to bring them to justice.
“The CP also directed that the suspect be transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation,” Oyeyemi added in the release.
