‘Why I sold my baby for N600,000’

A 23-year-old lady, Mary Olatayo, who is currently being investigated by the Ogun State Police Command, has revealed how she sold her three weeks old baby for N600,000.

According to Olatayo: "It was my friend, Chioma Ogbonna, who led me to the buyer in Anambra State and both of us shared the money equally. 

It was gathered that Mary Olatayo, a native of Omu-Aran, in Kwara State, works as a call girl, and sees her baby as distraction to her business, hence she decided to do away with him. 

Fortunately for her, her accomplice, Chioma, a native of Imo State, quickly contacted a buyer in Anambra State. 

However, trouble started after the father of the baby reported at Mowe Divisional Police Headquarters, when all efforts to know the whereabouts of their baby proved futile.

According to him: "I met Mary Olatayo sometime ago and we started dating each other. Mary got pregnant in the process and I rented an apartment for her, where she lived till she was delivered of a baby boy. 

“Mary suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment, three weeks after delivery, only for her to be found in a hotel where she has gone for a hookup with another man. All efforts to know where she kept our baby proved futile."

Based on the complaint, the DPO, Mowe Division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene, where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station. 

Confirming the incident, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, said during interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed that she sold the baby to someone in Anambra state at the rate of N600,000. 

She confessed that it was her friend, Chioma Esther Ogbonna, who led her to the buyer in Anambra State and that they shared the money equally. 

Her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Esther Ogbonna, who also corroborated Mary's claims. 

Further investigation revealed that Mary Olatayo, who is a native of Omu-Aran in Kwara State, is a call girl, who sees the baby as a disturbance to her business, hence she decided to do away with him.

Fortunately for her, she has an accomplice in Chioma, a native of Imo State, who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra State. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, for further investigation. 

He also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby. 

Culled from Vanguard