Thursday, August 14, 2025 - The Chief Magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has remanded a 34-year-old lady, Deborah Ayeni, in prison for allegedly a new baby from a hospital in the state.
LIB reported that
the suspect gained access to the maternity ward of Okeyimi Healthcare Centre in
Ado-Ekiti on August 4, 2025 and stole the newborn baby.
She was subsequently arrested by the police after a discreet investigation.
The baby was recovered from her and reunited with the
parents, Mustapha Aliyu and Salmatu Lawal.
During interrogation, Ayeni confessed to carrying out the
criminal act to deceive her United Kingdom-based husband that she delivered a
new baby.
She claimed that her decision to steal the baby was to cover
up her lies about the fake pregnancy since she had already collected a lot of
money from her husband.
The police prosecutor, Akinwale Oriyomi, informed the court
that there is probable cause to order the remand of the defendant at the
Correctional Service, Ado-Ekiti, who is reasonably suspected to have committed
the offence.
The prosecutor pointed out that the offence is punishable
under Section 292 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021 within Ado-Ekiti
Magisterial District and requested that the application be granted.
He noted that the duplicate case file has been sent to the
Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
The defendant was represented by Stephen Ademuwagun.
The Chief Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, granted the
application for her remand and adjourned the case till September 12, 2025, for
mention.
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