A 25-year-old
woman, Patience Benedict, told police detectives that she stole the
four-year-old son of one of her boyfriends’ neighbour to present him to another
boyfriend as the son she had for him, so he will marry her.
She was arrested by operative of the Inspector
General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for kidnapping the
boy at Masaka area of Nassarawa State.
The suspect had two boyfriends: one in Masaka, Nassarawa State, and the other at Kubwa, Abuja, where he took the stolen boy. Police sources disclosed that Okpe’s mother was thrown into confusion when her son did not return while Patience, who took him away, refused to pick her calls. The boy’s mother reported to the police in Nassarawa State and when they could not make head way, the case was transferred to IRT. The IRT operatives trailed Patience to Kubwa area of Abuja through her mobile phone, apprehended her in the home of her boyfriend and rescued Okpe.
The suspect had two boyfriends: one in Masaka, Nassarawa State, and the other at Kubwa, Abuja, where he took the stolen boy. Police sources disclosed that Okpe’s mother was thrown into confusion when her son did not return while Patience, who took him away, refused to pick her calls. The boy’s mother reported to the police in Nassarawa State and when they could not make head way, the case was transferred to IRT. The IRT operatives trailed Patience to Kubwa area of Abuja through her mobile phone, apprehended her in the home of her boyfriend and rescued Okpe.
Confession During
interrogation, the suspect said she had no intention of kidnapping the boy, who
she just wanted to use to fool her boyfriend, who she claimed refused to marry
her. According to her, “I have no intention to kidnap that boy, but only wanted
to use him to get back my boyfriend’s attention because he abandoned me since
2014 when I had a child for him. “I was formerly married to a man in my home
town, who I had two children for. But I divorced him because he was always
beating me when he is drunk. “I came to Abuja and I had two boyfriends. One was
at Masaka, Nassarawa State, and the other was at Kubwa, Abuja. I became
pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl for my boyfriend in Kubwa, known as
Itortim Iorhemen. “But he did not know when I put to bed. Two months ago, I
called and told him that I had a male child for him and he was eager to see his
son. He even promised to marry me if could bring him his son.”
The ‘kidnapping’
She said it was then that she went to the house of the other boyfriend in
Masaka, where she saw the small boy in the compound. According to her, “I told
his mother that I have a sister, who has a child of same age and that I want to
buy him clothes for Christmas so I would use his (victim’s) measurement to buy
the clothes. “After much persuasion, the woman allowed me go with her child and
I took him to my boyfriend, who was very happy. We even took group photographs
and I fed the boy very well. But three days into our stay, the police showed up
and arrested me.”
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