Female Armed Robber Gives Birth In Lagos Prison

July 9, 2013 – Female Armed Robber
Gives Birth In Lagos Police
Detention
Ikeja Lagos State office of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad experienced
mixed feeling when a female robbery
suspect delivered a bouncy baby boy
in the cell.
The woman was said to have been
arrested two weeks ago and suddenly
went into labour on Sunday. When
she told policemen that her water had
broken and that she was in labour,
they thought she was joking.
But when her cry of pains increased, it
dawned on them she was not joking.
She was rushed to the Police Clinic
attached to Area F Police Command,
Ikeja, where she delivered a baby boy.
The arrival of the baby was greeted by
all with happiness.
The woman was said to have been
arrested two weeks ago after her
husband, a suspected robber, was
killed in a shootout with policemen.
After the death of the man, a member
of his gang was taken alive.
It was this member's confession that
led policemen to Mile 2 area of Lagos
State, where the woman was arrested.
According to detectives, the woman,
who is from Benin Republic, used to
assist her husband's gang to smuggle
arms and ammunition through the
borders.
Whenever there was going to be an
operation, the woman, who was
heavily pregnant, would ferry the
guns and ammunition for the gang
into Lagos State. Due to her heavy
state, security operatives had barely
glanced at her, let alone to search her.
It was through this gimmick that the
gang had repeatedly ferried guns into
Nigeria. The bubble however burst
after her husband was killed in a
robbery operation and a member of
the gang arrested.