Gunmen abduct five-day-old baby, police detain father vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
A five-day-old baby allegedly abducted by gunmen in their home in Ijagbe commmunity, Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, Kogi, is yet to be found 10 days after the incident.The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the incident occurred at about 8 p.m. om April 11 when the gunmen invaded the home of Mr Tosin Ojuola and at gun point, forced his wife to surrender the child to them.
”I shouted for help and some youths immediately joined me to go after the gunmen to rescue my baby, but all our efforts yielded no result as we were not able to get them. He explained that the police came to his house also the following day to arrest his landlord and a Fulani man, who is a tenant.But, Ojuola said that the matter took a twist on April 14, when police invited him for questioning and later detained him in connection with the incident.
”I took them there and they did some incantations and poured the oil on the spot, and assured me that my baby would be found. ”Why would I do such evil against my own baby? I am a farmer, and a staff of Mopamuro Local Government Council, I have five children. ”I am appealing to the police to conduct a thorough investigation and fish out the perpetrators, and help me to rescue my baby because I am helpless,” Ojuola pleaded.
Mrs Ojuola who corroborated her husband’s earlier statements, called for immediate release of her husband to enable the family to continue the search for their baby.
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