How a 4-Month Old Baby Exposed A Child Kidnapper in Lagos

 

The ceaseless cry of a four-month old baby, on Monday, exposed a suspected child kidnapper named Eno which led to her arrest in Lagos. The woman was carrying the infant and three other children to an unknown destination when nemesis caught up with her.

According to reports, the cry of the baby, carried by the suspected kidnapper, who was accompanied by a teenager, inside an Iddo, Lagos-bound Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) vehicle, attracted other passengers.

Worried by the baby’s loud cry, other women inside the bus asked Eno to breastfeed her but she refused. She was also unable to pet the baby to stop crying. Suspecting a fowl play, the passengers were said to have alerted men of Iddo Police Station, Railway Terminus, who swiftly arrested her and her accomplice.

Happiness, a victim, gave her father’s name as Effiong. She said they were taken from their home by the woman.

"That woman is not my mother. My name is Happiness. This is my sister Patience. My daddy’s name is Effiong. He is at the Air Force Base. My mother and daddy are in the house. I do not know her (Eno); she is not my mother. And I do not know her," she said while responding to questions.

Eno again changed her story, saying the children’s father is one Effiong who works as a cleaner at the Air Force Base.

"They are my children, I am their mother. If you think I am lying, let us go to the Air Force Base and meet their father. I was arrested by former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola when she (Happiness) was like this baby I am carrying now. Their father signed the paper for Fashola to take me away.

"It was while I was with Fashola that I gave birth to this one (Patience) and this one I’m carrying now is four months old. I have five children, two with another man and these three with Effiong," she claimed.

 

Following police investigation, Eno's claim did not hold water and she was arrested and detained in police custody.