A 35-year-old man Sunday Alani was on February 23 arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly stealing a one-year-old child at Atolashe village in Odeda local government area of Ogun state.
The suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the policemen attached to Odeda divisional headquarters that while the little girl was playing around in her parent’s compound, the suspect took advantage of the inattentive of her mother who was busy frying (garri) cassava flakes and stylishly took the little girl after which he started running away with her.
It was a passerby, who noticed the suspicious movement of the suspect that called the attention of the mother who then raised alarm.
Upon the distress call, the Dpo Odeda division, CSP Femi Olabode quickly mobilized his men in conjunction with so safe corpsmen and moved to the scene. The suspect was chased to the bush where he was arrested and the child rescued from him.