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A couple ,Ganiyat Abass and Olatunbosun were paraded by the Osun state police command for allegedly stealing a six-day -old baby from his mentally -ill mother at Agbele area in Iwo, Osun state.
Both suspects have pleaded not guilty and denied the theft allegation.
The Iwo Division of the Nigeria Police had alleged that she was arrested after an alarm was raised of a missing child and the child was found stuffed in a shopping bag.
Fielding questions from pressmen, Ganiyat said she was a friend to Jemilat, the mentally challenged mother of the child and had given her money to buy bean cake.
She claimed to have fed and clothed Jemilat all through her pregnancy period.
She also said she wanted to see her husband who had moved to his new house, so she hurriedly carried the infant in her hands before she was apprehended and an alarm was raised.
However, Ganiyat’s husband Olatunbosun gave a different account of the story, he said that his wife was always claiming to be pregnant and collecting money from him to do scan. He claimed ignorance of the child theft saying he knows nothing about it.
He stated that he was not aware of any plans by her to steal any baby.
Investigation still ongoing by Osun state police command to unravel the mystery behind the child theft.