The Lagos State Police Command has disclised that the Dispatch rider that was manhandled at the weekend for allegedly stealing a baby was not a kidnapper afterall.
Last weekend, a video had surfaced online of a dispatch rider accused of concealing a child in a courier box causing apprehension.
Spokesperson of Lagos Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu in a press statement said after a through investigation to the matter, it was discovered that the child was not stolen afterall and that he was not kept in the courier box as alleged by the mob.
He says “The child’s mother, Lovina Biturs, was contacted. It was then revealed that the child was actually taken away and put on the dispatch motorbike by the rider with the consent of his mother.”
According to the mother, the 10-month-old baby is fond of the rider who is a relative, a neighbour and was crying uncontrollably when he (rider) wanted to go pick up something in the neighbourhood. To pacify the baby, his mother allowed him go with the rider.
Passersby who saw the child with the rider along Sangotedo area, Ajah on the said day, became suspicious and concluded that the child might have been stolen, raised the alarm which attracted a mob. The mob subsequently pounced on the rider, beating him without finding out the truth.
The dispatch rider later identified as Williams Tadule, was said to have been rescued by the Chairman of the Sunview Estate, Sangotedo.
Ajisebutu also disclosed that the Commissioner has issues a warning to members of the public in taking law into their hands
“The Commissioner of Police, therefore warns members of the public against any form of jungle justice as such uncivilized action has grave consequences.”He says
