Oyo Police Rescue Baby, Arrest Two in Alleged Sale

Oyo State police say they rescued a one-month-old girl and arrested her mother and a health-facility owner over an alleged sale for N2 million. Police said the alleged buyer is still being sought, and the investigation is continuing. The police account identifies the arrested suspects as Cecilia Amos, 23, the child’s mother, and Dr. Adeleke Ebenezer, who owns the health facility where the child was born. The police spokesperson, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, said the case was reported on October 15 by Mary Amos, the child’s grandmother. Police announced the arrests and rescue on October 17. Mary Amos told police that her daughter gave birth to a girl on September 6 at Ebepraise Health Centre in Ido, within Ibadan. She reported that Cecilia disappeared with the baby about seven days after the birth and could not satisfactorily explain the child’s whereabouts, prompting suspicions that the baby had been sold. According to the police account, Cecilia Amos said during questioning that Ebenezer and Hassan Oludunni facilitated the alleged sale to Odunayo Folawewo. Police said the transaction involved N2 million, of which Cecilia allegedly received N1 million and Ebenezer and Oludunni...