Customer Abducts Trader’s 1-Year-Old Daughter In Lagos

A woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, has allegedly abducted a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer, had on Saturday said she was willing to buy some items from Fehintola’s mother and grandmother, who were retailers in a shop in the Abule Egba area.

The items were not available in the shop.Mama Oyin was said to have returned on Monday around 11am to the shop, and reportedly begged for direction to where she could buy the items in Agege.

It was learnt that Fehintola’s mother, Lola Lawal, had offered to go with Mama Oyin, who was said to be a friendly customer.While Mama Oyin and Lola were about leaving, Fehintola fell asleep and the customer was said to have requested to strap her (Fehintola) to her back, while she (Mama Oyin) handed over her bag to Lola.

The women boarded a tricycle to Abattoir Junction, after which they took a commercial motorcycle to Oko Oba, Agege.It was learnt that when they alighted, they took separate motorcycles to the place where the items were said to be sold.

It was gathered that when the motorcycles got to Olaniyi Street, the one boarded by Mama Oyin diverted to another street, as the girl’s mother tried to pursue the customer, her motorcycle was said to have sped back to the Abule Egba Road, where she hurriedly crossed the road and took a tricycle.

Since Monday, Mama Oyin and Fehintola had not been seen.

Fehintola’s aunt, Lolade Oseni, said the bag Mama Oyin dropped with Lola was later discovered to contain papers cut to currency sizes packed into envelopes, adding that the phone numbers she gave them did not connect.

She said, “This woman met Lola on Saturday. She said she wanted to buy souvenirs, adding that she could also be supplying us goods. She said she was new to the area.The matter was said to have been reported at the Abattoir and Elere divisions the same day.