The Proprietress of God’s Orphanage Home, in Benin, Edo
State, Mrs. Kehinde Blessing Imarhiagbe, has been paraded by the police, for
complicity in the alleged theft of a four-year-old-baby girl.
The victim was said to have been stolen somewhere in Lagos
and taken to the suspect’s orphanage located along Siluko Road, in Benin.
Speaking to journalisits while parading Mrs. Imarhiagbe, the
State Police Commissioner, Mr. Babatunde Kokumo, described the activity of the
suspect as unwholesome, adding that the stolen girl was “found at the orphanage
under questionable circumstances.”
Speaking in her defense, Mrs. Imarhiagbe, said the baby was
brought to her Orphanage home by a man she identified simply as Emeka, who
allegedly claimed to be the father of the child, adding that he had lost the
mother.
The orphanage proprietress who said since she did not
suspect any foul play, did not bother to probe the true identity of the baby,
especially when Emeka was visiting her orphanage home every week.
She, however, said she was surprised to have received a
phone call while she was attending a church programme in Sapele, Delta State,
that the police were looking for her in connection with a child allegedly
stolen in Lagos.
She said on arriving Benin, she surrendered herself to the
police and that since her arrest all efforts to reach Emeka had not been
unsuccessful as Emeka has since switched off his phone.
My God!
Emeka must be popular among orphanages.
Maybe that's what he does for a living...
Whisk beautiful children away, drop them off at a deadbeat orphanage and follow up until someone abroad decides to adopt? If not, what is the point?
Nigerians must learn to watch their kids closely. Obsessively.
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