Police: How 23-year-old mother sold her baby for N600k and went for hook-up

The Ogun state police command says its officers have arrested one Mary Olatayo, a 23-year-old woman, for allegedly selling her three-week-old baby for N600,000.

According to the police, Olatayo(pictured left) confessed to selling the child to someone from Anambra state.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun police spokesperson, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint by the father of the child.

Oyeyemi disclosed that the child’s father said he impregnated Olatayo and rented her an apartment where she delivered the baby boy.

“He complained further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment 3 weeks after delivery only for her to be found in a hotel where she had gone for a hookup with another man,” the Ogun police spokesperson said.

“All efforts to know where the baby is proved futile.

“On the strength of his complaint, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.

“On interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed to the police that she had sold the baby to someone in Anambra state at the rate of six hundred thousand naira.

“She confessed that it was her friend — Chioma Esther Ogbonna — who led her to the buyer in Anambra state and that they both shared the money equally.

“Her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Esther Ogbonna who also corroborated Mary’s claims.

“Further investigation revealed that Mary Olatayo a native of Omu-aran in Kwara state is a call girl, who sees the baby as a disturbance to her business hence she decided to do away with the baby.

“Fortunately for her, she has an accomplice in Chioma a native of Imo state who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra state.”