Man nabbed for stealing baby’s placenta in Ogun
A 43-year-old man, Joshua Abraham, has
been arrested by policemen in Ogun State for allegedly stealing his
neighbour’s baby placenta.
The suspect was alleged to have gone to
the hospital, where the baby was delivered, and claimed to be the father
and collected the placenta from the nurse.
He was, however, busted when the baby’s
grandmother, Raliha Zakara, got to the hospital and upon her request for
the placenta, she was told that Abraham had taken it away.
The Police Public Relations Officer in
the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained in a statement on Thursday that
the suspect was arrested following a report by Raliha at the Ibafo
Police Station.
The PPRO stated, “The suspect, who is a
neighbour to Raliha, came to the hospital, where Raliha’s daughter was
delivered of the baby, and pretended to be the father of the newborn.
“He demanded the placenta from the nurse on duty and it was given to him.
“On getting the placenta, he took it away on the pretext that he was going to bury it.
“But when the grandmother got to the
hospital and was informed that the suspect had taken away the placenta,
she quickly confronted him, but he told the grandmother that he had
buried the placenta.
“When the grandmother insisted that she
should be taken to where he buried it, it was discovered that he had
hidden the placenta but buried a dead rat.”
Oyeyemi said investigation into the
matter led to Abraham’s arrest and the discovery that the he was on bail
for allegedly defrauding a policeman and a pastor.
He stated, “Upon the report, the DPO,
Ibafo Division, SP Abiodun Ayinde, detailed his detectives to the scene,
where the suspect was arrested.
“It was discovered that the suspect had
once been arrested for defrauding a police officer and a pastor of huge
sums of money under the pretext of procuring Canadian visas for them and
the case is being prosecuted in court.
“He took detectives to where he hid the placenta and it was recovered.”
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of
Police in the state, Kenneth Ebrimson, had ordered that a thorough
investigation should be carried out and that the suspect should be
charged as soon as possible.
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