According to information, Onyebuchi, befriended the mother of the boy, Aina Adetola, two weeks ago. But unknown to the mother of the boy, Onyebuchi had a sinister motive.
On September 26th, the boy had started crying and Onyebuchi, offered to carry him and told the mother she want to get a bottle of soft drink from a nearby shop for the boy but she did not return after several minutes. The mother suspecting something was wrong raised an alarm which attracted people. A resident who live on Orodu street, where the suspect and victim mother were shops owner identified as Uche, narrated how the incident occurred....
The resident, who identified himself only as Uche, said, “It was on Saturday, September 26. We were all shocked that Jennifer (Onyebuchi) escaped with the nine-month-old baby. She had met the victim’s mother for just two weeks before she carried out the act.
“They were both shop owners in the area. On that day, Jennifer took the baby from his mother when he was crying and said she was going to buy him a bottle of soft drink from a nearby shop.
“When the mother waited for them to return, but did not see them, she raised the alarm. The matter was thereafter reported at the Ajegunle Police Division. Nobody suspected that Jennifer had a devilish motive. It turned out that the woman took the baby to a bus station and travelled on the same day to Okija, Anambra State.”
The incident was reported to the police who swung into action. Trailing the suspect to her hometown in Okija in Anambra State where she fled with the boy. After four days, she was arrested by the Lagos State Police and brought back to Lagos.
Recounting the incident, the mother of the victim said her husband sent her packing after he discovered that she had given her baby to a stranger.
She said, “I could not eat for four days. I thought I was going to run mad. I wanted to kill myself, but people continued to calm me down. My husband was so angry that he sent me out of his apartment, and I had to be sleeping in my friend’s house. He said if I did not bring the baby back, I should not return to his apartment. I wept throughout that period.
“I first met Jennifer (Onyebuchi) at a filling station around Boundary bus stop in Ajegunle. She would always assist me when I wanted to buy petrol. She had a shop in the area too. On that Saturday, she had come to my shop when my baby was crying. She carried him and said she was going to buy a drink for him.
“That was my mistake. After hours of waiting for them, I rushed to Akinbo Street at the house where I knew Jennifer stayed, only to be told that she had travelled. I was shocked. That was when I went to the police to make a report.”
A police source in Ajegunle said when operatives visited Jennifer’s rented apartment, a lover who harboured her told the police that he did not know the suspect’s relation except a spare parts dealer who brought her from the village.
“The police located the spare parts dealer, who suggested that the woman might have travelled to her hometown in Okija, Anambra State. So, the dealer and the police went to Anambra, and they were on her trail for two days.
“On Wednesday, she was arrested. She and the baby were brought back to Lagos on the eve of Nigeria’s Independence Day.
“Some of the residents of the area wanted the police to release the suspect to them, so they would mob her, but that did not happen.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, had yet to be reached for comment on the incident, as his line did not connect as of press time.
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