Female police sergeant sacked in Lagos for selling baby brought to the station for care

SENIOR officials of the Lagos State Police Command have dismissed female sergeant Adesuwa Obotie for selling a week-old baby left in her care after the boy was brought to the police station following his mother's illness.

 

According to Fatai Owoseni, the Lagos State police commissioner, Sergeant Obotie was sacked after it was found that she sought to make monetary gain from the misfortune of the baby.  He added that she will be arraigned in court on today where she will be charged with criminal offences.

 

Mr Owoseni said: “We used our investigative acumen to recover the baby who has since been reunited with his mother. The police sergeant is now a civilian and she will be arraigned in court, underscoring the inspector-general of police’s zero tolerance for indiscipline.”

 

Sergeant Obotie, who was attached to the Akinpelu Police Division in the Oshodi area, was arrested and detained by the X-Squad Section of the command after she allegedly sold the baby in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for an undisclosed amount. It had been reported that the bubble burst when the mother of the baby, who is said to be mentally challenged, had returned to the station to demand for her baby.

 

When the mother returned to the station, Sergeant Obotie denied ever knowing her, before she eventually confessed to the crime. Commissioner Owoseni said the police would not condone acts of indiscipline from its officers, adding that the baby has since been reunited with his mother.