Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a woman identified as Oluwarankami Kehinde Ugochukwu and her husband, Ugochukwu Mathew, over their alleged involvement in the theft of three children in the Mowe area of the state.
The Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that all three stolen children were rescued from the couple’s residence following swift police action.
According to the statement, the case was reported on May 17 at the Mowe Division by a resident of the Omo Onile community. The complainant alleged that Oluwarankami visited her at the hospital while she was receiving treatment, deceitfully collected her four-month-old baby, and disappeared with the child.
Following the report, detectives from the Mowe Division were immediately deployed, with surveillance mounted at motor parks and other strategic locations within the area to track down the suspect.
The suspect was later traced to a hideout in the Kekere Ekun area of Mowe on March 18 at about 7:55 p.m., where police rescued the stolen child along with two other children found in the same residence. The husband and wife were arrested at the scene.
Preliminary investigations revealed that one of the recovered children had been declared missing in 2024 after being allegedly taken from a hairdressing salon using a similar deceptive method. Police said the biological parents of two of the rescued children have identified their wards, while the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Eleweran for further discreet investigation. The Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, commended the officers for their swift response and reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to fighting child trafficking and other violent crimes across the state.
Elijah Adeyemi
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