23-yr-old remanded for allegedly kidnapping new born baby in Kwara
By Rukayat Abdulahi
Twenty-three-year-old Nike Owolabi has been ordered to be remanded in Correctional Service Centre for allegedly kidnapping a newborn baby at Ajisafe Hospital in Omu Aran, Kwara State.
The defendant (Owolabi) of Ora, Osun State, perpetrated the act when she visited the hospital with the pretense to greet a patient, one Blessing Alabi, who delivered a baby through operation.
The defendant, reportedly picked up the new born baby, backed her and started leaving the hospital premises before she was caught by Rachael Alabi, mother-in-law, to the baby’s mother (Blessing Alabi).
Police report further revealed that the hospital CCTV captured how the defendant was roaming about the facility greeting patients who are not her relation with the view to study terrain and perpetrate the evil.
The prosecutor, Inspector Adewumi Johnson, informed the court that the matter is a case of kidnapping which is not ordinarily bailable, urging the court to grant the prayers contained in the motion exparte and remand the defendant.
Magistrate Saliu Muhammed, who presided over the matter, ceded to the prosecutor’s prayer and ordered the defendant be remand till eight of next month.
