Wale Olokode, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, paraded the couple on Friday.
Olaolu James and Favour Ige, two accused fraudsters, were also paraded, as were Agbebaku David, Olubunmi Adewale, Oderinde Oluwaseun, and Oluwaseun Adejuyigbe, four alleged armed robbers.
The Osun chief of police said that Abbass were reported to have taken a six-day-old baby girl from its nursing mother, Jemilat Musa, on Thursday, March 24.
“Shortly after the baby’s mother left to buy the bean cake, the suspect quickly put the baby inside a sack and ran away. The suspects were arrested in the early hours of Friday, March 25, 2022, in collaboration with the civilian JTF,” Olokode said.
In response to questioning from PUNCH, Ganiyat, who had stated that she had yet to have her own child, clarified that she had no intention of stealing the baby.
Speaking in Yoruba language, Ganiyat said, “I live in the same house with the mother of the baby. On Thursday, I bought cornmeal for her and she requested for bean pod. I gave her N200 to buy it. Immediately she left, the baby started crying and I tried all tricks to make her stop crying but the baby did not stop crying.
“So, I decided to take the baby and walked to my fiancé’s house in the Agbowo area of Iwo around 8pm. I lost my way while going and upon inquiring for direction from some people, I was accosted and alleged of stealing the baby. My husband was also arrested.”
The police boss said all the suspects would be taken to court after an investigation into their various crimes had been concluded.
