Confession was made at an Ikorodu magistrate court by a 41-year-old woman, Lois Atimosho, on Monday as she pleaded guilty to child theft.

The accused risks a minimum of 14 years’ imprisonment according to Section 275 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 (revised).

“The woman stole the two-year-old child of Mrs. Favour Danjuma, a neighbour, who kept her six children with the accused.

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“She told the accused to help her take care of her six children, as she wanted to go and collect their feeding allowance from their father.

“But before their mother returned, she has sold the two-year-old girl to Mr. and Mrs. James, a childless couple who reside at Oyingbo, Lagos, for N200,000,’’ Ajiteru told the court.

The prosecutor said, “When the mother of the children came back and requested for her daughter, the accused informed her that kidnappers had taken her away.

“The accused said the kidnappers threatened her and demanded N500,000 for her release.”

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Ajiteru alleged that the accused, in her statement, claimed to be running an unregistered orphanage called “Kingdom Love Orphanage.”

The Magistrate, Mrs. A.B. Adelabu-Olagbegi, who gave the ruling, said the court had found Lois guilty of child theft and fixed Thursday for sentence.

The accused, who resides at Agbede area of Ikorodu, had pleaded guilty to the charge.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Mary Ajiteru, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on July 12 at Agbede, on Agric Road, Ikorodu.

She also told the court that the accused was arraigned two years ago in one of Lagos courts for the same offence, but she was eventually set free.

(NAN)