CCTV Captures Big Woman Who Kidnapped 1-Year-Old Girl

This issue of kidnapping is really getting out of hand...the craze for money! A CCTV Camera at one of the big supermarket in the Abule Egba area of Lagos has shown how a woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer, strapped a one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, to her back before escaping with the little girl, using a motorcycle.

The footage, obtained by police and Fehintola’s family members on Thursday, captured how Mama Oyin walked around the supermarket, as she searched for items, minutes before the abduction.

It was reported on Thursday that Mama Oyin met Fehintola’s mother and grandmother, who were traders in Abule Egba, on Saturday, and said she needed some items, which were said to be unavailable.

According to Punch, the woman returned to them on Sunday, telling them she newly moved to the area.

Mama Oyin returned on Monday again around 11am and begged for direction to where she could buy the items in Agege, after which the girl’s mum offered to go with the suspect, because she was friendly.

Fehintola was reported to have fallen asleep and Mama Oyin was said to have offered to help strap the one-year-old baby girl to her back, while she (Mama Oyin) handed over her bag to the mother.

After boarding a tricycle to Abattoir junction and taking a commercial motorcycle to Oko Oba, Agege, the women were said to have taken separate Okadas, during which Mama Oyin disappeared with the rider on Olaniyi Street.

The matter was said to have been reported at the Abattoir and Elere police divisions the same day.

Fehintola’s aunt, Lolade Oseni, had told Punch that the bag Mama Oyin dropped with Lola contained papers cut to currency sizes, adding that the phone numbers she gave them did not connect.

The aunt, Oseni, said she hoped the police would rescue Fehintola as the family members were all distraught over the incident.

She said, “Mama Oyin did not sleep in our house on Saturday and Sunday when she visited us. She went back to her supposed house when it was late. The address she left in our church which she followed us to on Sunday is also fake.

“We obtained the footage on Thursday. The police worked with the supermarket to release the video to us. We are hoping that our daughter will be safely rescued by the police. We have also gone to Eleweran, Abeokuta, Ogun State, to see the police authorities there.”

It is suspected that the "big woman" had escaped to Ogun State with the baby for whatever reason. Police say they are on top of the situation and doing everything possible to track her down.