BY IFEOMA IKEM
The Lagos state Command police have arrested A P filling station attendant for allegedly stealing a nine-month-old baby in the Ajegunle area and fled to Anambra State.
Onyebuchi Jennifer, National Daily gathered was married since 2013 without a child. She allegedly took the baby to Anambra State and kept in a hideout, until she was arrested on September 30 by operatives from the Lagos command.
It was gathered that Jennifer, had be-friended the baby’s mother, Aina Adetola, for about a month before she reportedly carried out the act.
The suspect who is cooling off her heels at the command detention facility, had told Police Operatives that she has been married for the two year without a child due to infertility problem .
In a chat with National Daily, the suspect Jennifer narrated how desperate she has been to have a baby before she came to Lagos and started working at the filling station.
According to her, “I use to sell kerosene to Mrs Aina Adetola, (the victim) before we exchange telephone numbers and became very close friends.
“On the 26th Sept 2015, she called me if I was off duty so that I can assist her to take care of her baby as she would be going somewhere. It was an opportunity for me to strike and I decided to run away with baby since I married without a child.
On she feed the baby since she was nit breast feeding a child when she committed the crime, Jennifer said that, “I fed the baby with golden morning and Nan baby milk