Police in Ogun state has arrested a woman, 20, Ajoke Owolabi
for allegedly abducting a seven-year-old girl, Rachael Olorunshola, for 19
months. The girl was said to have been abducted in Abeokuta while returning
from school.
The incident came to the open on August 29, 2017, when the
girl, who was brought home by a Good Samaritan was playing in front of her
parents’ house in Abeokuta and the suspect passed by.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi,
said Rachael raised the alarm on sighting her abductor.
He said, “She identified the suspect as her abductor. The
suspect was arrested, but she denied knowing the girl. The girl mentioned her
name as aunty Ajoke and when she was searched, her name was tattooed on her
body. It was then that she confessed to the crime.
“She revealed that the little girl was taken to Oshodi in
Lagos, where she was kept for 19 months. She said she came to attend a party in
Abeokuta when the girl escaped from where she kept her in Lagos.”
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