31-Year Old Woman Steals Baby Through Window

. y trying to steal a year old girl from her parents’
house early this morning, a 31-year old woman is currently
being interrogated by the police at Ajuwon Station for
kidnapping.
The suspect, Blessing Aransiola, was caught by the girl’s
father, Mr. Seye Adanri, 34, as she attempted to escape with
the girl, Oreoluwa Adanri. Continue after the cut.
Narrating the incident to P.M News this morning at the
Ajuwon Police Station where the suspect was taken to, mother
of the girl, Mrs. Adebisi Adanri, 29, who lives with her
husband at 21, Ademola Coker Street, Alagbole, Ogun State,
said she was woken up by the cry of her daughter in the hands
of the suspect around 4.a.m.
“She was trying to run away when my husband ran after her
and caught her. I raised an alarm to draw neighbours’
attention to the incident and everybody came out to assist
us,” Mrs. Adanri narrated.
She disclosed further that the suspect got into her house by
tearing the window net.
“She picked up the baby as she was sleeping on the bed by the
window and stole N5,000 kept in a purse,” she added.
But in her statement to the police, Blessing, who said she was
homeless, denied stealing the baby and the money.
She told her interrogators that she was looking for where to
sleep when she saw that there was a veranda near the window
of the couple’s house.
“I was looking for a place to sleep when I saw the veranda. I
was trying to sit down when the net got torn. I was wandering
about, I didn’t steal any baby or money.
“Last year November I sustained injury on my leg and I
couldn’t walk properly again. Later, I developed problems in my
eyes and I couldn’t see properly again. Since then I have been
moving about,” she stated.
She disclosed further that she was living at 5, Modupeola
Street, Iju-Ishaga when co-tenants conspired against her and
labelled her a thief, adding that this made the landlord to
send her packing.
“I am not a thief. They accused me of kidnapping but I am not
a kidnapper, I was just wandering about because I have
nowhere to sleep. I did not kidnap any child,” she stated.
A resident of the area, Labinjo Abayomi, warned that the
police at Ajuwon should not try to cover up the case, adding
that residents were ready to ensure that the suspect was
brought to book.
Another resident who identified himself as Soji Ademuyiwa
commended the parents of the girl for not sleeping with both
eyes closed, adding that but for their vigilance, the suspect
would have taken the baby away.
Share