16th April, 2014
A Nigerian Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo state has ordered a petty trader to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly stealing a 40-day-old baby.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olusola Adetujoye, ordered , Busurat Ademola, 45, to be remanded in Agodi Prison pending receipt of legal advice from the state Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The plea of the accused person was not taken.
The prosecutor, Insp Ade Adebusuyi, alleged that the accused entered a house and stole a 40-day-old baby while asleep in a bedroom.
He said the baby’s mother was washing the child’s clothes at the backyard when she saw Busurat leaving the house with her child. The child’s mother raised an alarm and the woman was apprehended.
He said when the accused was asked about her mission in the house she said she was looking for room to let.
The prosecutor said that the offence was committed on 8 April at about 10 a.m., at Agric area of Olomi in Ibadan.
The chief magistrate adjourned the case until 30 April.