Men of Ikotun Police Division,Lagos, on Tuesday interrogated a Lagos –based herbalist, Kofi Mesan, for allegedly abducting a 9-year-old daughter of his lover, Adebisi Adelowo.
In a report published last Saturday by The Nation, Adelowo, a mother of four accused her former boyfriend, Mesan, of abducting her eight-year-old daughter, Irebami, and relocating her to Togo.
Adebisi, also disclosed that Mesan was not Irebami’s biological father.
According to the woman, Mesan, who lives in Isheri-Olofin area of Alimosho Local Government, allegedly tricked her into releasing her daughter to him with a promise to help her enrol the girl in school.
She claimed that her daughter’s father was one Toyin Awolere, a spare parts dealer at Ladipo Market, Mushin, Lagos.
She said that Awolere proposed to her in 2007, and their relationship resulted in pregnancy.
Adebisi said Awolere abandoned her shortly after her mother died of a strange illness.
She said she was introduced to Mesan in the course of searching for a solution to her mother’s mysterious illness.
She added that Mesan took advantage of her crashed marriage to lure her into a relationship, after his marriage to another woman crashed.
Mesan, however, allegedly relocated her daughter to Togo, without her consent.
It was learnt that during his interrogation, Mesan, who earlier told The Nation that he was the father of the girl, admitted not being her father at the station.
It was learnt that Mesan was asked to write an undertaking that he would produce the girl on Monday October 1.
A police source told our reporter that Mesan was asked to produce the girl by Monday, or risk prosecution.
‘’He did not claim to be the father of the girl during interrogation. The girl’s mother was his live –in- lover, but their relationship became frosty and they went their separate ways.
‘’The police have intervened and the man has promised to return the child on Monday.’’
The Nation
