Lagos: Commercial Bus Passengers Foil Attempt To Sell Two-Month-Old Baby
Mobolaji Michael
OPERATIVES of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Friday, 26 May 2023 prevented the lynching of two women by irate passengers of a commercial bus and other passers-by accused of attempting to sell a two-month-old baby.
The unholy deal was uncovered in Oshodi when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, the intermediary between the biological mother of the baby and prospective buyer, was suspected of stealing the baby. Passengers on a public bus noticed ceaseless crying from the baby with Okolie and questioned why she could not breastfeed it if it were her own biological child.
The suspect was about to be lynched when men of the Lagos State special squad Rapid Response Squad (RRS) quickly stepped in to rescue her as well as the baby.
Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of the mother of the baby, Maria Ahmadu ‘f’ aged 26.
Commander of RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi has since transferred the suspects and baby to the Gender Unit of the Lagos Police Command for further investigation and prosecution.
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