Man Arrested For Kidnapping Six-month Old Baby

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have
arrested a man who was alleged to have abducted
a six-month old baby girl in Oshodi area of
Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, SP
Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the suspect
would have been lynched, but for the quick
intervention of his men who were on duty saved
the situations.
Egbeyemi disclosed further that preliminary
investigations conducted by the agency revealed
that the suspect who lives in the same compound
with the mother of the child illegally entered the
woman’s room at mid-night.
The chairman stated that the suspect would be
transferred to the State Criminal Investigations
Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos for further
investigations on the directives of the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni.
The mother of the alleged abducted baby, Mrs
Banke Akinyemi, 29, said the suspect came into
her room around mid-night while she was asleep
and took her baby beside her.
She claimed that it was the cried of her baby that
woke her up and that the suspect immediately
dumped the baby and ran outside.
Akinyemi, who hailed from Ejigbo in Osun State
said it was her mother who lives with her and
other neighbours within the compound who
quickly woke up and apprehended him.
According to her “If not for the intervention of the
operatives of the Lagos State Task Force who
were on a mid-night patrol, the man would have
been lynched”.
The suspect, Mr. Idama Endurance, 31 from
Obiakuruku area of Delta State debunked the
allegations that he abducted the baby.
He confessed to have been drunken at a birthday
he attended the previous night and that when he
got home at mid-night he had to scale the gate
as he could not locate the gate key.
“It was after I jumped the gate that I entered into
their room looking for a key to the gate as their
door was not locked.
“Since I moved into the compound a year ago, I
have been eyeing the mother of the child and
when our landlady told me she was two months
old pregnant then I immediately stayed off, he
said.
Endurance, who claimed to be trading on ‘linen
clothing’ materials at Kairo Market at Oshodi,
however, confirmed that other neighbours within
the compound and passers-by had started
beating him and calling him ‘kidnapper’ before the
arrival of the operatives of the Lagos State Task
Force.
The landlady, Mrs. Johnson Esther said she was
surprised when the matter was reported to her.
She claimed the activities of the suspect looked
suspicious as he normally come home late and
usually jumped the gate to enter the compound
most times.