A journalist, Nurudeen Alimi, has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Nwachukwu Enwowu, in a bid to reopen the suspended investigation into the alleged trafficking of his son (name not given).
In a letter submitted at the office of the Commissioner of Police on Friday, Alimi said sometimes in October, 2017, he got a hint that Kehinde, his estranged wife, (now Ms Kehinde Yusuff), visited the Nigerian Immigration Service, Oyo State Command, with his son to procure an international passport with Number A08706119, using a different surname with intent to ferry him out of the country without his consent.
He wrote, “I was reliably informed by the officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, after thorough investigation, that Ms Yusuff had surreptitiously obtained a new birth certificate with different surname for my son and presented same for the process of procuring the said international passport.
“She connived with one Mr Victor Adaramoye to change my son’s surname on the data page of the international passport.
They actually changed the name to bear Adaramoye as surname against his original surname, Alimi.
“Ms Yusuff presented Mr Victor Adaramoye as the father of my son as his name appeared on the Application Form and a Consent Letter as required by law in the process of applying for international passport for minors, was written by Mr Victor Adaramoye, claiming to be the father of my son, who was just four years old at that time.
“I am confused and baffled by this callous act of my ex-wife who, at that time, took my son from my lawful custody with the sole aim of trafficking him to a particular destination known to him and Mr Victor Adaramoye.”
Alimi added that he decided to reopen the case because the terms upon which it was suspended had been disregarded by Ms Kehinde Yusuff.
According to him, this simply suggests that she and her cohort, Mr Victor Adaramoye, still intend to take his son, who is in the custody of Ms Kehinde Yusuff, away.
The petition reads further, “It is on this note that I urge you to use your good office to direct the reopening of investigation into the above complaints and bring both Ms Kehinde Yusuff and her cohort, Mr Victor Adaramoye, to book in the interest of justice and to further prevent the trafficking of my son to an unknown destination.
