The Delta State Police Command has apprehended a 49-year-old woman, Joy Temitope, for allegedly abducting a two-month-old infant in the Koko region of the state.
The state police command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, who revealed this on Monday, June 2, stated that the suspect enticed a 20-year-old mother before allegedly sedating her and escaping with her baby boy.
He further noted that, guided by intelligence-led policing, the suspect was located and detained.
“The suspect, Mrs Joy Temitope, aged 49 yers lured and deceived a 20-year-old girl who had a two-month-old baby. She drugged the girl and stole her baby somewhere in Koko, Delta State.
Acting on intelligence-driven policing, the suspect was arrested three months later and the baby boy who is now five months old rescued and reunited with his mother.” he said.
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