In a recent development on Sunday evening, the mother of the child said the dispatch rider is innocent.
“He did not kidnap my baby” Mother exonerates dispatch rider of any wrongdoing following claims he was caught with her baby in his delivery box.
The mother insisted the dispatch rider is her child’s uncle and she was the one who gave him the child.
“I’m the one that gave him the baby by myself because I trust him. He is the baby’s uncle,” the child’s mother said.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Police spokesperson, Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement said the incident has not been reported to any police division in the state.
“Attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to a video going viral on social media alleging that a yet-to-be-identified dispatch rider stole a child found and recovered in a dispatch box,” the police statement said.
“The command wishes to inform the public that the incident said to have taken place in the Sangotedo area, Lekki, was not reported at any police station to enable the police to take appropriate actions.”
Mr Ajisebutu said that the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, has directed that efforts should be intensified to locate the whereabouts of the dispatch rider and the parents or guardians of the child to enable the police to investigate the incident.
