CCTV captures customer who abducted one -year-old girl in Lagos - Nigeria News

A Closed Circuit Television Camera at a

supermarket in the Abule Egba area of Lagos
State has shown that a woman, identified only as
Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer,
strapped a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, to
her back before allegedly escaping with the girl.

The footage, obtained by the police and
Fehintola’s family members on Thursday,
captured how Mama Oyin walked around the
supermarket, as she searched for items, a few
minutes before the alleged abduction.

PUNCH Metro had reported on Thursday that
Mama Oyin met Fehintola’s mother and
grandmother, who were traders in the Abule Egba
area, on Saturday, and said she needed some
items, which were said to be unavailable.

It was reported that the suspect had returned to
the traders on Sunday, telling them that she
newly moved to the area.

Our correspondent had reported that Mama Oyin
returned on Monday around 11am and begged for
direction to where she could buy the items in
Agege, after which the girl’s mother offered to
go with the suspect, who was said to be friendly.

Fehintola was reported to have fallen asleep and
Mama Oyin was said to have requested to strap
the one-year-old to her back, while she (Mama
Oyin) handed over her bag to Lola.

After boarding a tricycle to Abattoir junction and
taking a commercial motorcycle to Oko Oba,
Agege, the women were said to have taken
separate motorcycles, during which Mama Oyin
disappeared with the rider on Olaniyi Street.
The matter was said to have been reported at
the Abattoir and Elere police divisions the same
day.

Fehintola’s aunt, Lolade Oseni, had told PUNCH
Metro that the bag Mama Oyin dropped with Lola
contained papers cut to currency sizes, adding
that the phone numbers she gave them did not
connect.

Our correspondent learnt on Thursday that the
police had obtained a CCTV footage showing the
suspect with Fehintola in the supermarket.
In the footage also obtained by PUNCH Metro ,
Mama Oyin with the child on her back and Lola
Lawal were seen holding yellow polythene bags
and searching for items to buy in the
supermarket.

Mama Oyin, who wore a black gown with dotted
white strips, had after two minutes proceeded to
the exit followed by the victim’s mother.
The aunt, Oseni, told our correspondent that she
hoped the police would rescue Fehintola as the
family members were all distraught over the
incident.

She said, “Mama Oyin did not sleep in our house
on Saturday and Sunday when she visited us.
She went back to her supposed house when it
was late. The address she left in our church
which she followed us to on Sunday is also fake.
“We obtained the footage on Thursday.

The

police worked with the supermarket to release
the video to us. We are hoping that our daughter
will be safely rescued by the police. We have
also gone to Eleweran, Abeokuta, Ogun State, to
see the police authorities there.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
SP Dolapo Badmos, said the command was
collaborating with the Ogun State Police
Command as the search for Fehintola had been
extended.
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