25-yr-old woman steals a boyfriend neighbour’s son to deceive another boyfriend into marriage

A 25-year-old woman, Patience Benedict, told police detectives that she stole the four-year-old son of one of her boyfriends’ neighbour to present him to another boyfriend as the son she had for him, so he will marry her.
She was arrested by operative of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for kidnapping the boy at Masaka area of Nassarawa State.
The suspect, who is a native of Kagoma in Kaduna State and a mother of three, was said to have kidnapped the boy (names withheld) last Monday, after telling his mother that she wanted to buy clothes for the boy.
The suspect had two boyfriends: one in Masaka, Nassarawa State, and the other at Kubwa, Abuja, where he took the stolen boy.
Police sources disclosed that Okpe’s mother was thrown into confusion when her son did not return while Patience, who took him away, refused to pick her calls.
The boy’s mother reported to the police in Nassarawa State and when they could not make head way, the case was transferred to IRT.
The IRT operatives trailed Patience to Kubwa area of Abuja through her mobile phone, apprehended her in the home of her boyfriend and rescued Okpe.

Confession
During interrogation, the suspect said she had no intention of kidnapping the boy, who she just wanted to use to fool her boyfriend, who she claimed refused to marry her.
According to her, “I have no intention to kidnap that boy, but only wanted to use him to get back my boyfriend’s attention because he abandoned me since 2014 when I had a child for him.
“I was formerly married to a man in my home town, who I had two children for. But I divorced him because he was always beating me when he is drunk.
“I came to Abuja and I had two boyfriends. One was at Masaka, Nassarawa State, and the other was at Kubwa, Abuja. I became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl for my boyfriend in Kubwa, known as Itortim Iorhemen.
“But he did not know when I put to bed. Two months ago, I called and told him that I had a male child for him and he was eager to see his son. He even promised to marry me if could bring him his son.”
The ‘kidnapping’
She said it was then that she went to the house of the other boyfriend in Masaka, where she saw the small boy in the compound.
According to her, “I told his mother that I have a sister, who has a child of same age and that I want to buy him clothes for Christmas so I would use his (victim’s) measurement to buy the clothes.
“After much persuasion, the woman allowed me go with her child and I took him to my boyfriend, who was very happy. We even took group photographs and I fed the boy very well. But three days into our stay, the police showed up and arrested me.”