A 31-year-old woman, Blessing Aransiola, was allegedly caught in the early hours of this morning trying to steal a 1 year old girl, Oreoluwa Adanri, from her parents’ home at Ademola Coker Street, Alagbole, Ogun State. Narrating what happened, Oreoluwa’s mother, Mrs Adanri said Blessing gained entrance into their home around 4am by tearing their window net as they slept. She said she was woken up by the cry of her daughter in the hands of the suspect.
“She picked up the baby as she was sleeping on the bed by the window and stole N5,000 kept in a purse. She was trying to run away when my husband ran after her and caught her. I raised an alarm to draw neighbours’ attention to the incident and everybody came out to assist us,” Mrs. Adanri narrated. Blessing was arrested and immediately taken to the Ajuwon station where she is being held for kidnapping. In her statement, Blessing said she was homeless and was looking for a place to sleep when she found the passage of the Adanri’s