A woman believed to be a commercial sex worker has been arrested by the police in Ebonyi state for trying to sell her baby for N40,000.

The 32-year-old woman identified as Victoria Chukwube, was arrested while trying to sell her four-month-old baby boy to raise money to start a business of selling drinks.

Ebonyi state police spokesperson, Loveth Odah said Chukwube was arrested following a tip off.

Odah said;

“So her name is Chukwube Victoria, she told us she is a commercial sex hawker and that she has this baby which she carrying.

“She said if she leaves here she would continue to look out for prospective buyers.

“But we tried to talk to her and to make her see the value of being a mother, but she refused.

“She even told us that if we allow her to go home with the baby she will throw the baby away and that she can’t tell who got her pregnant.”

Upon being interrogated, the lady refused to disclose her state of origin or local government but maintained that she does not have the financial ability to take care of the child.

Chukwube said;

“I am from Nigeria, 32 years old, a commercial sex hawker and my baby is just four months old.

“I want to sell the baby at the rate of N40,000 to start up a business. I have a fridge and I reside at Ogbe Hausa in Abakaliki.”

Two ex-convicts, Abiodun Oshoba and Mustapha Sakiru have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State police command for allegedly dispossessing one Aminu Iliyasu of his Bajaj motorcycle with registration number SGM 965 VQ at gunpoint.

A statement released by Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, says that the suspects were arrested following a complaint lodged at Shagamu police station by the victim who reported that the two suspects boarded his motorcycle as passengers and asked him to take them to conference hotel at G.R.A quarters Sagamu.

On their way to the place, the suspects brought out a gun and ordered him to stop. They subsequently dispossessed him of the motorcycle and made away with it.

Upon the report, the DPO Shagamu division, CSp Okiki Agunbiade mobilized his men and in-conjunction with members of vigilante group blocked all the exit points of the GRA and commenced stop and search.

Their efforts yielded positive result when the motorcycle was sighted at one of the exit point, riding by Abiodun Oshoba with the plate number folded.

“On sighting the policemen, He abandoned the bike and took to his heels. He was chased and apprehended by the policemen. His arrest led to the apprehension of his accomplice, Mustapha Sakiru. A locally made pistol with one live cartridge was recovered from them.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the duo met in Igbeba prison where they served different jail terms and decided to form a gang after their terms in the prison.

While Sakiru Mustapha was jailed in 2016 for hijacking a truck, Abiodun Oshoba was jailed in 2019 for snatching a phone; both of them came out of prison in 2020 and decided to continue their devilish trade.” the statement read.

Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Awolowo has ordered the transfer of the suspects to State Criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation and prosecution.

Officers of the Lagos state Police Command have arrested a pickpocket and a dismissed soldier for robbery.

According to reports, the 27-year-old pickpocket identified as Ayomide Sikiru disclosed that he had stolen 240 mobile phones from commuters in Lagos, since he started operation one year and two months ago.

The dismissed soldier was however arrested in another operation while he was in the company of an accomplice, robbing residents of the Aguda Axis of Lagos.

The pickpocket, Ayomide Sikiru, 27, a resident of Akala, Mushin, was arrested around 10:00 p.m on Sunday, after he successfully picked a Tecno Camon 12 from the hand bag of an elderly woman when she was trying to board a commercial bus to Ojodu-Berger, Lagos.

Sikiru, who disclosed that it took him 15 days to learn the criminal act, revealed that he operated between Thursdays and Saturdays only.

His modus operandi included boarding a bus and removing phones from ladies hand bags or men’s pockets.

Luck however ran against him after he was confronted by the owner of the phone.

During interrogation, he said:

“I live in Akala, Mushin. I don’t use charm. Someone taught me how to pickpocket. I followed him out for 15 days and watched how he did it until I became perfect. I only operated at night, sometimes when passengers were sleeping inside the bus or rushing to board a commercial bus. I have so far stolen 240 phones. I sell them to ready buyers”.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi , who confirmed the arrest, said phones had been handed over to their owners.