Shock and disbelieve could best describe the expression on the faces
of residents of Alagbado area of Lagos State last week, following the
arrest and startling discovery that one of their neighbors, Mr
Abraham
Olaniyan, sold his day-old baby to an Anambra State business woman for
N350,000.
Before the arrest, sympathizers and close relatives of the Olaniyans
had thronged their apartment to console them on the death of their baby.
Report said the suspect’s wife , Mrs Nkechi Olaniyan was pregnant for
the fifth child. But the family, as gathered, had been going through
financial difficulty which led to the suspect’s inability to care for
his immediate family. On the day of delivery, the suspect, a
bricklayer, reportedly took his wife to a private hospital around
Alagbado where she was delivered of a baby boy.
Crime Alert learnt that trouble started Mrs. Olaniyan regained
consciousness, an hour after the delivery, and she was informed that her
baby had died. She reportedly demanded severally to see the remains
of her baby, only to be told that he had been buried already.
Suspecting a foul play, she reportedly contacted the police and
expressed fears that the purported story of her dead child was shrouded
in unfathomable circumstance. The Police immediately arrested the
husband, a development that initially sparked up reactions from
different quarters.
But preliminary investigation, according to Police sources, revealed
that the 26-year-old father allegedly connived with some medical staff
to sell the baby, following his inability to cater for him and his
siblings. According to the sources,“ we arrested the man based on his
wife’s disclosure that he had one time threatened to sell one of their
children.
She said when she was pregnant, her husband asked her to terminate
the pregnancy because of their financial state but claimed she refused.
So, after she regained consciousness and was told the baby had died, she
insisted on seeing the corpse and when they did not, she concluded her
husband could have made do his treat.
“ At first , her husband denied . But he later confessed that he sold
the baby for N350,000 to a woman in Anambra State who had been been
looking for the fruit of the womb for fifteen years. His confessional
statement led to the arrest of the doctor of the hospital and two
nurses, who during interrogation, told us the man gave them his consent
and that the woman was aware of the whole plan”
Investigation, as gathered, further revealed that the woman was
anesthetized immediately she put to bed, apparently to prevent her from
knowing when the illicit transaction would take place.
On how the business woman was arrested in far away Anambra, police
sources said, “ she was called on the phone by Abraham who said he
wanted to see her. A place was booked for the meeting and when she
showed up, we arrested her.”
Meanwhile , back in Onitsha , the apartment of the business woman
simply identified as Rachael was agog with celebration. One of her
relatives was already in her house to help her massage her body and also
bath the child. The joy between her and her husband over the arrival of
their baby knew no bounds , owing to the several years of waiting for a
child of their own. It could however not be ascertained whether she
revealed the source of the baby’s arrival to her husband.
But their joy was short lived following her arrest two weeks after the purported arrival of their long awaited baby .
Source- Vanguard
*Bizzare*!!!
What do yo think?
Like why can't this lady officially adopt a baby instead of going through this mess?
ReplyDeleteShame to this Abraham of a man, this type of man is dangerous.