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Woman arrested for allegedly abducting a 7-year-old girl for 19 months

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Police in Ogun State have arrested a 20-year-old woman, Ajoke Owolabi, for allegedly abducting a seven-year-old girl, Rachael Olorunshola.
The suspect was said to have kept the minor in captivity for 19 months.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest in a statement, said the girl was brought home by a Good Samaritan last month.
Oyeyemi, however, disclosed that luck ran out on the suspected kidnapper when she passed by the house of the victim at Igbore area of Abeokuta and the latter recognised her.
He said: “The girl was abducted 19 months ago while returning from school and the parents has been looking for her since then but was suddenly brought home by a Good Samaritan early August this year.

“Luck, however, ran against the abductor on the 29th of August when the little girl was playing in front of her parents’ house at Igbore and the suspect was passing by.
“The victim raised the alarm, pointing at the woman as the person who abducted her. The suspect was promptly arrested, but denied ever knowing the girl.

“But the girl quickly mentioned her name as Aunty Ajoke and when she was searched, her name was seen conspicuously written on her body. It was then she confessed to the commission of the offence.

“She revealed further that, the girl was taken to Oshodi in Lagos where she was kept for 19 months. She stated further that she came to attend a party in Abeokuta and kept the girl in a room from where she escaped.

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“She passed through the girl’s parents’ house unknown to her that the girl was there on that fateful day when she was arrested.”

Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti-Kidnapping and Cultism Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and possible prosecution.

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