Ogun Police Rescue Stolen Baby, Arrest Husband, Wife



Aina Obasanjo 

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a husband and wife over alleged child stealing in Mowe area of the state.

The suspects, identified as Oluwarankami Kehinde Ugochukwu and Ugochukwu Mathew, were apprehended by detectives attached to the Mowe Division following a complaint received on May seventeenth.

Police spokesperson, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said in a statement in Abeokuta that a woman who was receiving treatment at a clinic in Mowe reported that the female suspect offered to help care for her four-month-old baby before allegedly disappearing with the child.

The suspects were later tracked to a hideout in the Kekere Ekun area of Mowe, where the stolen baby was rescued alongside two other children found in their custody.

Police say investigations revealed that one of the rescued children had earlier been declared missing in a similar case reported in twenty twenty-four.

According to the command, the biological parents of two of the rescued children have identified them, while the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.


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