caught in the early hours of this morning
April 10th allegedly trying to steal a 1 year
old girl, Oreoluwa Adanri, from her parents
home at Ademola Coker Street, Alagbole,
Ogun State, PM News reports.
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. Continue...
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
"I was looking for a place to sleep when
I saw the verandah. I was trying to sit
down when the net got torn. I was
wandering about, I didn't steal any baby
or money. Last year November I
sustained injury on my leg and I
couldn't walk properly again. Later, I
developed problems in my eyes and I
couldn't see properly again. Since then I
have been moving about,"
"I am not a thief. They accused me of
kidnapping but I am not a kidnapper, I
was just wandering about because I have
nowhere to sleep. I did not kidnap any
child," she stated.
Blessing says this is not the first time she has
been wrongly labeled a thief, as she was
thrown out from her former abode at no 5,
Modupeola Street, Iju-Ishaga, by her landlord
after her co-tenants labeled her a thief.
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