Lady who stole friend's baby in Lagos said she did it so she could get hitched
On Tuesday, the Lagos State Police Command paraded 26 year old Onyebuchi Jennifer, the woman who was captured in Anambra State for taking her friend's 9 month old infant in Lagos State.
She said she stole the child in the Ajegunle region of Lagos and fled to Anambra State so that her bf could pay her bride price and wed her.
According to Punch Metro: Jennifer, who claimed to be an orphan, said she met and started living with her bf in Anambra State in October 2014, but that he refused to marry her until she had a child for him.
She said:
"My mom kicked the bucket when I was in primary five. My dad had kicked the bucket a couple of years prior. My guardians had two of us; however a couple of years prior, my senior sister kicked the bucket amid labor. In this way, I was allowed to sit unbothered in Anambra State with no relation.
"I brought forth a child in 2010, however he died after six months. A year ago, I met a man who guaranteed to wed me after I had a child for him.
"We began living respectively in October 2014. I was pregnant, but after three months, I had a premature delivery. I was harried, and started running after traditional doctors and hospitals, but to no avail. I decided to come to Lagos to work and find a way to get a baby. I came to Lagos in June 2015.
“So, I came to the Ajegunle area and I got a job as a fuel attendant. While I was working, I met the baby’s mother and we became friends.
“On that Saturday, I went to her shop, which was near the filling station. I said I was going to the Boundary area to buy an item and I would carry her baby with me. She did not object. So, I took the baby from her, and boarded a bus to Anambra State to meet my lover.”
Jennifer added that she bought baby foods to keep the boy healthy after lying to her lover that the baby was theirs.
She said:
“I did this so that he could pay my bride price and marry me. I did not tell the baby’s mother that I was taking him to Anambra. We left on Saturday and got to my place on Sunday. I had the intention to bring the baby back after my bride price had been paid. I lied to my husband that I had been pregnant before I left and gave birth to the baby while in Lagos.
“He believed me, and I took good care of the baby for four days before the police showed up in our apartment.
“My lover immediately dissociated himself from me. He had not paid the bride price before the police arrested me.”
The baby's dad, Adeniyi Adetola, was extremely appreciative to the Police to be reunited with his child.
He said:"We are taking the kid to the healing center for further treatment today. The mother and I are glad to have our child back. The baby is my second child, and I appreciate the police for doing a good job on this case. I also appreciate God.”
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