The nanny who abducted three children from the Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos, home of her employers barely two days after resuming work, Mary Akinloye, has been arrested a day after the children were found.
Nanny who abducted Orekoya kids arrested by police
The housemaid who abducted three children belonging to her employers two days after she she resumed work, Mary Akinloye, has been arrested by the police in Lagos.
Mary Akinloye
According to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, the police, through its superior intelligence gathering methods, tracked down the suspect and arrested her alongside her accomplices.
The CP who spoke this morning on a live television programme, Sunrise Daily, on Channels TV, said operatives from the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the state Police Command, rescued the three kids at Shasha, Egbeda area of Lagos, while the suspect was arrested and would soon be charged to court.
The abduction of the kids, Aderomola, Adedamola and Demola, on April 7, 2015, drew a lot of public outcry and became viral on social media especially after their mother made a passionate appeal for the abductors to release her kids.
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Akinloye was employed through OLX, an online sales portal.
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