The State Criminal Investigation Department of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspects, including a guardian, for abduction and child stealing.
A complaint was lodged at Ajah Division on May 5, 2025, by an individual who reported that his 16-year-old cousin, Miss Happiness, was impregnated by an unidentified person. An investigation revealed that due to financial constraints, the complainant’s mother entrusted Miss Happiness to one Nonye Osi for accommodation until she delivered.
However, Nonye Osi conspired with others to relocate Miss Happiness to an unknown location. When she was eventually found, she was without her pregnancy and the baby.
Following the transfer of the case to the SCID for discreet investigation, the police arrested the following suspects, Nonye Osi, Akintan Adedayo, Jimoh Bashiru, Elizabeth Bishop, and Bukola Oladapo who had conspired and sold the baby for Three Million Naira (₦3,000,000.00).
Through painstaking efforts, detectives traced and successfully recovered the stolen two-week-old baby boy from Agemuwo, Badagry area. The child was found safe and sound. The Gender/Anti-Human Trafficking Unit is currently handling the case and attending to the baby, who is in good health, pending his reunion with his biological mother