A Man Steals 4year Old Girl Through The Window While She and her Mother where Fast Asleep In Shasha Lagos
Residents of Shasha, Alimosho area of Lagos were shocked after an
identified man stole a four-year-old girl, Favour Anani, through the
window net while asleep with her mother in their home. Information has it that
Favour and her mother, Janet, a trader, were sleeping around 4am on the
fateful day when an unknown hand tore through the net of their one room
apartment and snatched the child from the bed. The 20-year-old mother of
three was said to have raised the alarm on discovering her child had
been missing. Despite intense search by residents of Yahaya Street where
the incident happened, the girl could not be located. The matter was
said to have been reported at the Shasha Police Division, and was
subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Yaba for investigation. Although the culprit could not be identified,
the mother of the victim was said to have told policemen she suspected a
neighbour who had been showing interest in the girl and had joked that
he would marry her off to his homeland in Akwa Ibom State. Our
correspondent learnt that the suspect, Sunday Thomas, a bus conductor,
had on the day preceding the incident played with Favour, and other kids
in the neighbourhood. His brother, Friday, who was on a visit and was
with him, had expressed admiration for little Favour to the delight of
her mother. Meanwhile also gathered that after Sunday was arrested and
was asked to locate his brother, he said he did not know his
whereabouts. Sunday, an Ibibio, was arrested and arraigned before an
Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s court on two counts of child stealing. The
charge reads in part, “That you, Sunday Thomas, and others at large, on
May 26, 2014 at about 4am, at Yahaya Street, Shasha, Lagos, in the
Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire together to commit felony to
wit; child stealing. “That you did steal one Favour Anani, a female,
aged four years.” The police prosecutor, Etim Ekankuk, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, said the offence was punishable under sections
231 and 275 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011. Sunday
said he was not guilty of the charge and elected summary trial. His
defence counsel urged the court to admit him to bail in liberal terms as
he was still presumed innocent in the eyes of the law. The Chief
Magistrate, Mrs. A.A. Demi-Ajayi, admitted him to bail in the sum of
N500, 000 with two sureties, each in like sum. She added that the
sureties must depose to an affidavit of means, their addresses verified
and the sum of N25, 000 deposited in the account of the Chief Registrar
of the state’s high court, pending the conclusion of the case. The
matter was adjourned till August 4, 2014.
Residents of Shasha, Alimosho area of Lagos were shocked after an
identified man stole a four-year-old girl, Favour Anani, through the
window net while asleep with her mother in their home. Information has it that
Favour and her mother, Janet, a trader, were sleeping around 4am on the
fateful day when an unknown hand tore through the net of their one room
apartment and snatched the child from the bed. The 20-year-old mother of
three was said to have raised the alarm on discovering her child had
been missing. Despite intense search by residents of Yahaya Street where
the incident happened, the girl could not be located. The matter was
said to have been reported at the Shasha Police Division, and was
subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Yaba for investigation. Although the culprit could not be identified,
the mother of the victim was said to have told policemen she suspected a
neighbour who had been showing interest in the girl and had joked that
he would marry her off to his homeland in Akwa Ibom State. Our
correspondent learnt that the suspect, Sunday Thomas, a bus conductor,
had on the day preceding the incident played with Favour, and other kids
in the neighbourhood. His brother, Friday, who was on a visit and was
with him, had expressed admiration for little Favour to the delight of
her mother. Meanwhile also gathered that after Sunday was arrested and
was asked to locate his brother, he said he did not know his
whereabouts. Sunday, an Ibibio, was arrested and arraigned before an
Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s court on two counts of child stealing. The
charge reads in part, “That you, Sunday Thomas, and others at large, on
May 26, 2014 at about 4am, at Yahaya Street, Shasha, Lagos, in the
Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire together to commit felony to
wit; child stealing. “That you did steal one Favour Anani, a female,
aged four years.” The police prosecutor, Etim Ekankuk, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, said the offence was punishable under sections
231 and 275 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011. Sunday
said he was not guilty of the charge and elected summary trial. His
defence counsel urged the court to admit him to bail in liberal terms as
he was still presumed innocent in the eyes of the law. The Chief
Magistrate, Mrs. A.A. Demi-Ajayi, admitted him to bail in the sum of
N500, 000 with two sureties, each in like sum. She added that the
sureties must depose to an affidavit of means, their addresses verified
and the sum of N25, 000 deposited in the account of the Chief Registrar
of the state’s high court, pending the conclusion of the case. The
matter was adjourned till August 4, 2014.
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