One Temitope Adeniyi, An apprentice with a fashion designer’s shop in Ondo town, Ondo state, has reportedly kidnapped a three-month-old baby girl belonging to her boss.
Njenje Media News reports that the suspect was alllegedly dating the father of the kidnapped baby, Wasiu Mamukuyomi.
Mrs Stella Babatunde, mother of the missing baby, while narrating her ordeal to newsmen in Ondo town said her husband brought the Temitope to her as an apprentice.
Stella said out that her husband lied to her that the lady was his friend’s wife but she later found out that they were having illicit affairs.
In her words;
“On Saturday, 2nd of January, 2021, the lady came to the shop as usual. After bathing the baby girl that afternoon, she took permission from me to put the baby on her back.”
“I later gave her my ATM card to help me withdraw N3,000 that was transferred to my account by a customer at a nearby POS stand. But she never returned, as she escaped with the new born baby and my ATM card,” she said.
Stella further added that her husband was almost lynched by an irate mob for not showing concern over the missing baby. He was later arrested where he confessed that the suspect was his girlfriend and denied knowing anything about his child’s disappearance.
Ondo State Police Command spokesperson, Tee Leo Ikoro , while confirming the incident, said that the father of the missing baby has been arrested following suspicion by the baby’s mother that he connived with the apprentice who’s now at large to kidnap their baby.
