The suspect. The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a husband and wife suspected to be involved in child stealing and rescued three children in the Mowe area of the state. This was contained in a public address issued on Wednesday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi. from the statement, the suspects are Oluwarankami Kehinde Ugochukwu (female) and her husband, Ugochukwu Mathew (male).
“The arrest followed a complaint lodged at Mowe Division on 17/05/2026 at about 10:00 a. m.
By a resident of Omo Onile, Mowe, who reported that while she was receiving medical attention at a clinic in Mowe on 16/05/2026, one of the suspects, Oluwarankami Kehinde Ugochukwu (female), visited under the guise of checking on her condition, deceitfully collected her four-month-old baby on the pretext of assisting with care while the mother rested, and thereafter absconded with the child. “Upon receipt of the report, detectives of the division were immediately mobilised.
Motor parks and strategic locations within the area were placed under surveillance while intelligence-led operations were intensified. “Acting on credible intelligence, detectives tracked the suspects to their hideout at Kekere Ekun area of Mowe on 18/05/2026 at about 7:55pm, where the stolen child was rescued alongside two other children found in their possession,” the statement read. The husband and wife suspects were arrested and taken into custody.
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