Police arrest cleric, others for stealing baby

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Femi Makinde, Osogbo

The Osun State Police Command has arrested a Reverend Father who claimed to be the parish priest at Our Lady of Fatima, Woliwo, Onitsha, Anambra State, Rev. Father Chike Ejiofor, for his alleged involvement in the stealing of an 18-month-old baby, Abdullahi Azeez, in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, led other officers to parade the suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Thursday.

One of the suspects, 28-year-old Joy Esu, said she had approached the mother of the baby at her shop and pretended that she wanted to learn tailoring and the mother accepted.

Two days after, Esu said she absconded with the baby when the mother went to the market to buy some things.

She said she gave the baby to her boyfriend, Sidney Onwuka.

Onwuka was said to have sold the baby to one Maxwell Agu, who claimed to be…



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