By Ayodele Oni
Is it possible for a man to arrange for the kidnap of his three months old baby using his girl friend as the kidnaper?
This and others are some of the posers being unravelled by detectives of Ondo state Police Command.
Already, a middle aged husband, Wasiu Jimoh Mamukuyomi, has been arrested in connection with the incident while the suspected kidnapper and baby are still at large.
Wasiu was nabbed at Ondo town after his girlfriend, Bosede, allegedly, kidnapped the three month-old baby girl of the man in controversial circumstances at Ayeyemi area of the town.
It was gathered that the incident occured on the 2nd of January, 2021 when Bose, an apprentice, took the baby (Gold) of her boss, Stella, Wasiu’s wife, to ATM in the town but they never returned home since then.
Stella who confirmed the incident to newsmen, accused her husband, Wasiu Jimoh Mamukuyomi, of complicity in the missing of her baby and the Apprentice.
“My husband brought Bose three weeks ago in December, 2020, to learn tailoring, saying that Bose didn’t have an interest again in learning hair dressing where she was before.
“She (Bose) has been relating well with me and my husband but unknown to me she was my husband’s girlfriend.
“She asked someone to send three thousand naira to my bank account for her, which I gave her on the fateful day (January 2, 2021), claiming she has no bank account.
“Later when the money entered my account, I gave her my ATM card with Pin for her to cash the money and she was backing my baby (Gold) and eventually went to a nearby bank ATM.
“To my greatest surprise after more than four hours that day she didn’t return and I had to raise an alarm and we started searching for her and my baby across Ondo city here. Bose was no where to be found with my baby till now.
“She left her phone with me, but unknown to me, she had removed SIM cards inside the phone and left it empty with me, no way she can be tracked down now.
“Since the suspect was known through Wasiu, he was immediately contacted on telephone about the incident, but only showed up after two hours.
According to report, the husband had allegedly confessed in the police custody that he was actually dating Bose but he never sent her to kidnapped his baby.
It was further learnt that the case has been transferred from Ondo to the police headquarters in Akureu for further investigation.
