DEAD BABY BELONGS TO MY MENTALLY ILL DAUGHTER- WOMAN NABBED WITH DEAD BABY IN LAGOS EXPLAINS

The Lagos State Police Command has released an old woman, Kuburat Ayinde, who was caught with a dead baby.

Ayinde, suspected to be a ritualist was on Monday apprehended by an angry mob with a dead baby alleged to have been kidnapped in Oshodi area of the state.

The aggrieved mob had tortured the old woman and made her to walk around with the dead baby strapped to her back.

Ayinde, who was reported to have confessed to kidnapping the baby alive, however, did not disclose how the baby died.

But confessing to the police, after she was rescued, the old woman said the dead baby was her grandchild whom she was rushing to the hospital to get medical care.

Reacting to the development, the Commands spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, said the police detained the old woman, after disclosing that the deceased baby belonged to her daughter who is mentally ill.

Explaining further, Badmos said Ayinde’s claims were later verified by the said daughter and other family members who showed up at the station.