A 35-year-old woman is helping the Lagos State Police with its investigation after she was caught with a missing two-year-old girl.
The woman, Jumoke Adesida, confessed to abducting the toddler. She added that she committed the crime because she was too lonely and needed someone to play with.
Adesida, who lives at Odo-Kekere village in Ogun State, seized the child on June 22 at 12, Kazeem Adeboye Street, Jerry farm in Odoguyan, Ikorodu, Lagos.
She was said to have snatched the child, Rokibat Raji, from her mother’s shop.
The mother, Aminat Abidoye, 38, reported the incident at Sagamu-Road Police Division.
Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal told reporters that the unit tapped into the community policing structure to look for the minor.
He said,
“Their efforts paid off as the missing child was traced to Jumoke Adesida. During interrogation, Adesida confessed to the crime.
She explained that she needed the child to play with as her husband has taken her only child away from her. The suspect would be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.”
