The Corrupt Nurse Episode One
It is now nine months since Bisi got pregnant. This is her first pregnancy. God blessed her so early. She did not have to wait for too long before getting pregnant. Immediately she got married, she conceived in the very first month. It was so fast that the whole thing made her speechless. Her husband, Mike was overjoyed.
“This proves that I’m a real man. It also proves that you are fertile. Very soon, we will have many children running around the house. We have been so blessed by God.” Mike tells his wife after they discovered she was pregnant with their first child.
“You are right. We are blessed. It’s amazing how fast it happened. I was afraid that I may not conceive as fast as I wanted, but God did it for me. I will soon become a mother. I’m overjoyed.” Bisi said to her husband on their way home from the hospital where they did the pregnancy test. Mike was driving while Bisi was sitting beside him in the front seat of their jeep.
“This calls for a special celebration. Also, from now on, I don’t want you to do any work at home. I will take care of everything. From now on, I will be the one to wash, cook and clean the house. Your job is is to relax, enjoy yourself and carry the baby until delivery.” Mike said. He is such a caring man and a loving husband to Bisi.
“I’m so lucky to have a man like you as my husband. I wonder what would have become of me if I did not marry you. Thank you so much for pampering me. I’m truly blessed.” Bisi responded.
Bisi worked as a teacher, but from the day she discovered she was pregnant, her husband instructed her to resign from her job. She obeyed him. All she did was stay at home and enjoy. Mike was capable of providing everything in the house. He has money, so weather Bisi worked or not, it does not matter to him.
“It is my job to love and care for you. I will spend my last kobo on you because you are such a great wife.” Mike said to his wife.
Soon, the pregnancy started to grow. Months passed with speed and soon, the ninth month arrived. Already, Mike has bought everything his wife would need during delivery. He also bought a lot of baby things. Everything was ready.
One night, Bisi went into labour. It was intense. Mike was able to help her into his car and drove straight to the hospital. The time was 2am in the morning when they arrived at the hospital. As soon as mike drove into the hospital premises, nurses rushed out to help him and his wife. Bisi was placed on a stretcher and taken into the labour room immediately.
“I want to stay in the labour room with my wife and support her until she delivers our baby.” Mike says. The nurses allowed him to stay. The labour pain was intense but Bisi endured. She was eager to hear the cries of her baby. She knew that before daybreak, she would become a mother.
“Stay strong for me. I will be here for you until you give birth.” Mike said to his wife. He was holding her hand as she continues to push, trying to push out the baby.
“Thank you my darling. I promise to make you a father tonight. In a few minutes, we will have our baby.” Bisi said. She is such a strong woman. Despite the intense pains she is feeling, she is still talking with a loud voice.
Soon, the baby started coming fast. Bisi was sure that in a few seconds, the baby would be out.
“The baby is coming. I will soon push the baby out. My baby is coming fast.” Bisi shouted with pain in her voice.
But just then, one of the nurses named Titi told Mike that the hand gloves they were using had finished. Mike bought a lot of gloves, but he forgot to pack all of them into the bag they brought to the hospital. He had left some of it in his wardrobe at home. He had to drive home and bring the gloves because no shops were open at that time of the night. Also, the nurse said they don’t have extra gloves in the hospital as every pregnant woman must bring her own.
“Let me drive home and bring the gloves. My house is not far. I will be back in a few minutes.” Mike said. He picked his car keys and drove out of the hospital and headed home to pick the gloves.
As soon as mike left the hospital, his wife delivered a baby boy. But something happened. Bisi fainted after delivery. She was too tired after pushing for a long time.
As the nurses were trying revive her, Nurse Titi took the baby and wrapped him in a soft clothe. Then she carried the baby out of the labour room. She went to the back of the hospital and made a quick phone call.
“Hello! The baby is ready. It’s a baby boy. When coming, bring N10 million. Remember I said N10 million if it’s a baby boy and N5 million for a baby girl. It’s a boy, so come with N10 million. I’m waiting for you. Drive very fast. Come to the back of the hospital where I told you.” The nurse said in hushed tones.
Within 10 minutes after she made the phone call, a black jeep arrived at the back of the hospital. A woman stepped out of the jeep and collected the baby from Nurse Titi. The woman, named Bola handed over a big bag containing money to Nurse Titi. The money is dollars.
“Here is the N10 million. It’s in dollars. Thank you so much. You have helped me to become a mother.” The woman said. She stepped back into her jeep and the car drove away fast with the baby.
Nurse Titi returned to the hospital. When she returned, Mike was back with the gloves he went home to pick.
“Where is the baby? I have brought the gloves. I was told my wife has delievered. Where is the child?” Mike asked as soon as he saw Nurse Titi.
“The baby is dead.” Nurse Titi said. She lied. She just sold the baby for N10 million.
“The baby was already dead in your wife’s womb before you people came to the hospital.” Nurse Titi said.
Nurse Titi and her fellow nurses, who were on shift that night, always work together whenever they want to do their bad business. All of them know what to do to cover their tracks. They plan very well so that they will collect their money, and no one will know. This is not the first time they were doing that kind of business. Nurse Titi is usually their leader and she has already instructed them on what to tell Mike and his wife.
“I told you the baby is dead. How can I lie with something as serious as this? The baby was already dead in your wife’s womb before you people came here. We just managed to pull the child out, but it was already too late. You people did not rush to the hospital on time when your wife went into labour. That is why you lost the baby.” Nurse Titi said.
“How can you say the child died in her womb? When we were coming, my wife told me that the child was still moving. She could still feel the child moving in her womb. Now, you are saying the baby died? I don’t believe you. Please, give me my baby. If you try me, I will call the police.” Mike said with anger in his voice. He was not convinced at all.
“Oga, why are you talking like this? I can’t lie to you. Your baby is dead. Please ask the other nurses who were in the labour room with me when your wife delivered the child. Ask them and they will confirm to you that the child came out dead. Please, go and ask them.” Nurse Titi said. Even before Mike could talk to the nurses, one of them came to him and started talking.
“Oga, Nurse Titi is right. The baby died. In fact, the baby was already dead. Please, there is no need for you to call the police. Please, it is God that gives children and I’m sure that the Lord who gave you this one will also give you another one.” The nurse said. However, before the nurse could finish talking, Mike landed her five hot slaps.
“Shut your dirty mouth! Do you think I’m foolish? I just told you that when we were coming to the hospital, the child was still moving in my wife’s womb. It is not even up to one hour and you are telling me the child is dead? Are you joking? If you people don’t bring out my baby from wherever you are hiding him, I will turn this hospital upside down. Don’t joke with me. If you people have been stealing people’s children in this hospital, then you have met the wrong person. I’m the last person you will try this with. I will teach you people a bitter lesson.” Mike said with anger.
“I need my baby. My baby cannot be dead. I know what I’m saying. My wife did not face any complications during her pregnancy. She did not experience anything unusual. Since the pregnancy, everything has gone well. She attended antenatal and did all the recommended scans and checkups. There was never a time it was said that the baby was having problems. The child is not dead. Go and bring my child and give to me.” Mike shouted.
This is the first time Nurse Titi was facing resistance from a parent after doing her lucrative business at the hospital. Before now, she had successfully exchanged many babies. She used to swap babies for parents. If a parent wants a baby boy, Nurse Titi would be paid to swap a girl child and bring a baby boy. For many years, no one found outand she has become very rich through the business.
This woman, named Bola, paid her N10 million to bring her a baby boy. Bola has never conceived since she got married 15 years ago and her husband was threatening to push her away. She decided to get a child through illegal means. That was why she paid Nurse Titi as much as N10 million to take another person’s child.
As soon as Nurse Titi saw how Mike slapped her fellow nurse, she started running away from the hospital premises. She knows that the situation has turned from play to seriousness. As she was running, Mike started pursuing her. She ran out of the hospital gate and disappeared into the dark night. Mike continued to chase after her. However, at some points, Mike lost track of Nurse Titi. She disappeared with the N10 million in her handbag.
“You can’t run forever. I will catch you, and you will give me my child.” Mike said. He returned to the hospital to check on his wife. When he got to the hospital, he discovered that all the nurses on duty that night had also disappeared when they saw that the situation was no longer a joke.
Mike walked into the labour room and saw that his wife has just woken up from coma.
“Where is my baby?” Bisi asked her husband.
“The nurses said the child is dead.” Mike tells his wife with tears in his eyes.
“They did not give me the baby. They kept saying he is dead. I did not beleive them. I slapped one of them and they all ran away.” Mike said.
“If the child is dead, then where is the dead body? If the baby is truly dead, then, we should have the dead body. If they don’t produce the body of the child, then all of them will have to explain what happened to our child.” Bisi said.
“Exactly! We are not leaving this hospital until we have our child.” Mike said.
That night, when Bola took the new baby home, she quickly named him Brian. Her husband has been away from home for the past eight months. Her husband, Akande, travelled abroad, where he got a new contract which required him to spend months without returning to Nigeria. Before he left, he and his wife had taken treatments with the hope that she would get pregnant. After the treatment, they made love many times for two months. Akande had told his wife that if he returns from abroad and she is not pregnant, he is going to marry another woman.
This was why Bola approached Nurse Titi to get her a child so she can save her marriage. After she finalized the deal with Nurse Titi, she called her husband and told him she was pregnant. It was a lie. However, she bought fake pregnancy bump and used it to take pictures to send to her husband. Over the past eight months, she kept sending the pictures to her husband, telling him she would soon deliver the baby. Her husband believed her.
As soon as she got home that night, Bola took a photo of the baby and sent it to her husband.
“I have just delivered a baby boy. God has finally done it for us. After many years of waiting, I’m finally a mother. I have just made you a father. Our lives have changed forever. We are now parents.” Bola said to her husband. Akande was very happy when he saw photos of the baby boy. However, he had no idea that the child does not belong to him. He had no idea that his wife just stole someone’s baby. Nevertheless, he rejoiced after he heard the ‘good news.’
“I’m so happy that I have finally become a father. After many years of struggling to get you pregnant, it finally happened. Today is my happiest day on earth. I will prepare and start coming back to Nigeria so that I will see my child physically. I can’t wait to hold the baby in my arms.” Akande said to his wife over the phone.
Everything was going well at home with Bola. However, there is just one problem: the child has refused to eat. Before now, Bola had bought a lot of infant baby milks. They were very expensive and she was hoping that the baby would like them, but he refused to take any of the milk. Bola prepared the milk several times but the baby refused to eat. The child kept crying.
“What am I going to do now? This child has been crying since I brought him into this house. He has refused to eat. He has refused to stop crying. All the milk I bought, he has refused to eat any of it. I have prepared more than ten cups of milk, but the child has not taken any of them. What am I going to do right now? If the baby refuses to eat, he will die. I don’t want this baby to die.” Bola said to herself.
“My milk factory does not even have milk. I can’t even breastfeed the baby myself. If my milk factory has milk, I would have breastfed the baby myself. Brian, please eat, I’m begging you. Show me pity and eat. The tins of milk I bought are very expensive, yet, you have rejected all of them. Please, have mercy on me and eat.” Bola said. The child did not listen to her as he continued crying with a loud voice.
“This is becoming worrisome. What am I going to do now? This child will expose me. If the child continues crying like this, people might find out that I’m not the mother of the child. The child simply wants his mother. I’m sure if the mother carries him now, he will stop crying. But there is no way I’m returning this child to the rightful mother. I’m the mother now. I paid a lot of money to get this baby and I’m not going to return him to the mother.” Bola said
“If he continues to cry, I will look for a nursing mother to help me breastfeed him. Even if it means paying for natural breastmilk, I will do it. I must keep this baby. Nothing will make me return him to the real mother. If he wants, let him cry from now to next year, he will still be mine.” Bola said to herself.
“Brian please eat. These milks are expensive and good for you.” Bola said. She even knelt down to beg the child but he did not listen. The baby continued to cry.
That night, Bola did not sleep. The next day, Brian continued to cry. In fact, his crying increased. Bola was greatly troubled. She decided to look for a nursing mother to help her. Bola knows one nursing mother in the estate. She invited the woman to her house and explained everything to her. However, she added some lies.
“Please, this baby belongs to my sister. My sister died after giving birth to him. It is now my responsibility to care for the child. But since yesterday, he has refused to eat. Please, help me and breastfeed him. I will pay you to come here everyday and breastfeed him. Just mention any amount you want, I will pay.” Bola said to the woman.
The woman was touched. She felt pity for the child. She offered to breastfeed the child for free. However, Brian rejected the breastmilk offered by the woman and continued crying.
“This is a big problem for me. This baby wants to expose me.” Bola said.
Bola has now entered the second day without being able to feed the stolen baby, and this is giving her a serious headache. She knows exactly what would happen if Brian refuses to eat for several days. If the child refuses to eat, he will definitely die. Bola hates to think in that direction. She vowed to do everything possible to make Brian eat.
“I spent a lot of money to get this baby. I will not allow him to die. I will do everything possible to keep him alive. I want him to save my marriage. My husband will chase me away if he discovers I took the baby from another mother. I must cover my track properly so that no one will ever find out. This secret will follow me to the grave. But the problem is that Brian wants to expose me. How can a child be crying for 24 hours? I prepared so much for this baby and yet, he is trying to open my bombom for people to see my secret. I won’t let him do that. I will overcome this problem and keep this baby for myself.” Bola said to herself.
On the afternoon of the second day, she looked for another nursing mother. She knows the concequences of Brian not getting breastmilk. But before going in search of another nursing mother, she decided to try giving Brian one of the baby milks again, but he vomited everything. As soon as one or two spoons enters his mouth, Brian will start throwing up.
“What have I done wrong Brian? I was only trying to save my marriage. Please, pity me and eat. I’m so sorry for taking you from your mother, but I beg you, eat. Eat so that you will stay alive. I know what I did was wrong, but I was only trying to be happy like other mothers. Look at me, I’m now old without a child. That was why I had to do what I did. I don’t hate you, I love you so much and if you accept to eat, I will treat you like a prince. Please, take five spoons and sleep.” Bola said but as soon as Brian sees the spoon of infant milk, he will start weeping.
Bola had no option but to look for another nursing mother to help her. She found one in the same estate.
“When did you give birth? I have never seen you pregnant. Were you pregnant? I’m just surprised that you now have a baby and you are looking for someone to help breastfeed the child. What happened to your own breastmilk? Is your breastmilk not flowing? If your breastmilk is not flowing, you can call a palm wine tapper to touch it and it will start to flow like tap water.” The woman said out of curiousity. It was her first time of seeing a mother who is looking for another mother to breastfeed her child.
“Actually, Brian is not my child. The truth is that my sister died after giving birth to him. It is now my responsibility to care for the child. I cannot throw him away. Yes, you are right, I have never given birth. That is why my breastmilk is not flowing. If you can help me feed the child with your own milk, I will pay you any amount you want. Please, sit down and feed the baby.” Bola said.
The nursing mother agreed. She sat down in the posh living room and brought out her milk factory. She collected Brian from Bola and started feeding him. Surprisingly, Brian was su’ck’ing the breastmilk silently. He stopped crying. However, at some points, he opened his mouth and all the milk came out ‘waaaaaa’ like water. He vomited everything as usual and resumed crying. This time around, his voice was louder than before. Bola started weeping.
“Well, I’m not surprised. I’m not the child’s mother. That is why he is rejecting my breastmilk. It is such a pity that the mother is dead. Chai! What a poor child.” The nursing mother said. She shook her head and left the compound.
“Bola, please, deal with your problem. Let me go and feed my child. He must be very hungry right now. I left home about an hour ago.” The nursing mother said before leaving. Bola did not even reply her. She was weeping profusely.
Meanwhile, her husband told her that he has booked his flight and he will be in Nigeria in the next 24 hours.
“I have already booked my flight. Soon, I will be on my way to the airport. I cannot wait to see our baby. Please, take good care of the baby for me. He is my prince.” Her husband said over the phone.
“I cannot wait to see you too. The child also wants to see you.” Bola said to her husband. Inwardly, she knows that there would be serious trouble if her husband comes back home from abroad and witnesses what is happening to Brian.
“How am I going to explain to my husband that the child I gave birth to is refusing to eat? What am I going to tell him? What will I say to convince him? How will I put my mouth and say it? I’m so confused right now. At this point, I’m regretting this decision. If I had known, I would not have taken this baby from its mother.” Bola said with tears in her eyes.
She picked up her phone and called Nurse Titi. Unfortunately for her, Nurse Titi left her phone at the hospital delivery ward when she was running away from Mike the night before. Mike and his wife were still at the hospital as they refused to go home without their baby. All the other nurses have ran away. Bisi decided to pick the call.
“Hello, Nurse Titi. This is Bola. The baby you gave to me is refusing to eat o! Since yesterday, he has been weeping. I don’t know what to do. I paid N10 million and this is what I get? What are we going to do?” Bola said. She thought she was talking to Nurse Titi, not knowing she was talking to Bisi, the real mother of Brian. She had no idea that she just exposed her secret.
There is a common saying that whoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. This is exactly what is happening to Bola. Out of frustration and fear of what would happen if her secret came out, she ended up using her mouth to expose the secret. It happened so easily and effortlessly and no one forced her. She is about to face the consequences of her actions because he who fetches an ant-insect-infested firewood must not blame the lizard when it pays a visit. She had no idea that she just confessed her sins to Bisi, the real mother of the child she took.
Bisi herself was surprised to hear the woman’s voice. She quickly realised that it was a golden chance to recover her son. Her husband signalled to her to start pretending to be Nurse Titi. Bisi quickly told Bola to expect a WhatsApp message from her.
“I’m sending you a WhatsApp message. I will tell you what to do about the situation.” Bisi said to Bola and quickly ended the call. She did not want Bola to discover who she really is. She knew that if she kept talking on the phone, Bola might recognise that she was not talking to Nurse Titi. As soon as she ended the call, Bisi quickly sent a long WhatsApp message to Bola. In the message, Bisi pretended to be Nurse Titi.
“Hi Bola. I’m so sorry about what you are going through with the baby. It is normal with babies who are not with their real mothers. But there is a solution. I have a nursing mother who usually helps with such situations. She has helped other women who are my clients. I will send her to your house to come and breastfeed the child for you. No child ever rejects her breastmilk. I’m sure your son will stop crying as soon as he s’uc’ks her breastmilk. She just gave birth again some days ago and her breastmilk is flowing very well. She will come this evening. However, she charges money. When she comes, the two of you should discuss.” Titi said in the Whatsapp message she typed with Nurse Bisi’s phone and sent to Bola.
“Thank you very much Nurse Titi. I’m so happy to hear that there is a solution. Please, send me the woman’s number. I will personally call her and direct her to my house. Please, this is urgent. I’m willing to pay any amount she will ask for. Whatever the nursing mother wants, she will get so far as she is able to make Brian eat.” Bola said in a reply she sent. She did not know that Bisi was the one who received the message.
“I will send your number to the nursing mother. She will personally call you when she is coming to your house.” Bisi replied the message. All along, Bola thought she was chatting with the nurse who sold the baby to her, not knowing she was further exposing herself to the real mother of the child.
“So the nurse sold our baby to the highest bidder? A lot of evil is going on in this hospital. Who knows how long she has been doing this kind of dirty business? I wonder the number of babies she has taken from their real mothers and sold to buyers. This is terrible. Now, we are going to use this opportunity to take back our child. You are going to pretend as if you are the nursing mother. Then you will take our baby from that woman and return home.” Mike tells his wife.
“That’s exactly what I’m going to do. I will not lose my baby. Now that I know where he is, I will do everything possible to take him back from that woman.” Bisi said. They prepared and left the hospital. Mike first took his wife home where she cleaned up. She was still in pains after giving birth but she could not wait to hold her baby. Everything else can wait now that she found where her baby is. After she freshened up and ate, Bisi wore her clothes and Mike took her to junction where she boarded a taxi and headed to Bola’s house.
“Please, be careful. Don’t act rashly. Just be wise and come home with our baby. Don’t get into trouble. Just use wisdom. Always send me messages on Whatsapp so that I will know what is going on with you.” Mike tells his wife after he dropped her off at the junction where she boarded a taxi.
“My darling husband, I promise you that I will come home with our baby. Just give me a few days. I will be back with our baby boy and I will make sure that woman is arrested and sent to jail.” Bisi said to her husband.
While in the taxi, Bisi removed her phone and called Bola.
“Hello ma! Good evening ma. I’m the woman that is coming to feed your baby. Nurse Titi gave me your number. She said the child has been crying. I’m coming to give him my breastmilk and I’m assuring you that he will stop crying instantly. I have done this kind of job several times and I succeeded. Please, give me only a few minutes. Send your address to this phone number.” Bisi said to Bola over the phone. As soon as the call ended, she checked her phone and saw that Bola has sent her the address. She showed the address to the taxi driver. Within a few minutes, Bisi was at Bola’s house.
“Thank you for coming. Please, come quickly and start feeding the baby.” Bola said to Bisi. Bisi was releived as soon as she saw her baby. She almost lost control, but she was able to hold herself.
“So this is where you are, my baby? This is where they brought you to? I have missed you so much. I’m your real mother but I’m seeing you for the first time. I promise you that I will take you away from this place. I will take you home to where you belong.” Bisi said.
At the time she got there, Brian was crying profusely. But as soon as she touched the child, he stopped crying. Bisi removed her milk factory and put it in Brian’s mouth. Brian became calm. Bola was very happy and excited because she thinks her problems are over.
Bola actually thinks her problems have ended. There was now joy in her house. At least, the stolen baby can now eat. She was so happy that she promised to start paying Bisi N500,000 per month just for her to stay and be feeding Brian.
“Please don’t go back. Stay with me and be feeding the child. I have no one else to help me feed Brian. My breastmilk is dry. You are the only one who can help me. If you leave, my child will die. I’m ready to give you a full contract. You will be paid N500,000 monthly for your breastmilk.” Bola tells Bisi.
Throughout that evening, Brian kept feeding from Bisi’s breastmilk. He even laughed all the time. He stopped crying completely. This is why Bola was ready to do anything to keep Bisi in the house. She is ready to pay any amount.
“Please, if N500,000 will not be enough, tell me and I will increase the amount. All I want is for my son to have a steady supply of breastmilk from you. I don’t mind paying any amount.” Bola said. Bisi herself was still having a good time with her son. She has been feeling emotional since she arrived in the compound.
Over the past few days after she gave birth and her baby got lost, Bisi has not been herself. But now that she has her baby in her arms, she was no longer bothered by anything. Her only worry now is how she can leave the house with her baby.
“Don’t worry ma. I will stay and do the job. You know, after I gave birth, my baby died. So, I don’t have any baby waiting for me at home. Also, I’m a housewife, so I don’t have any other job. I have done this type of work severely for Nurse Titi. I understand her line of business and she explained everything to me. So, don’t worry. I will help you and feed the baby. Your baby will not die.” Bisi said. She decided to lie to Bola so that she would not suspect she is the real mother to Brian.
“Thank you so much. I’m so grateful to you. I will pay you well. But there is something you must do for me. Please, don’t tell my husband anything about how I got the baby. I know Nurse Titi must have explained everything to you. My husband must not know that I’m not the real mother of the child. Please, my marriage is in danger. My husband travelled abroad. Before he traveled, he said I must give him a child by the time he comes back, or else, he would chase me away. That is why I paid Nurse Titi for the baby. I’m opening up to you so that you will know the whole truth. Please, my husband must not hear the truth.” Bola said.
“Alright! I will keep my mouth shut. I will never say anything. This secret will follow me to the grave.” Bisi said.
That same evening, Bola showed Bisi one of the big bedrooms in the mansion.
“This is your room. Please, feel at home. If you need anything, let me know and I will provide.” Bola said.
Bisi relaxed in the bedroom and started plotting her escape strategy. When she came into the compound, she saw that Bola is a very rich woman. The signs of money are everywhere in the compound. There were exotic cars packed under a shade and the house looks like a palace. Also, Bisi saw many police men guarding the compound. The presence of police men in the compound made things difficult for Bisi.
“My initial plan is to take the baby and sneak out of the compound without anyone noticing. But I’m not sure if the strategy will work. The police men will see me and catch me. The compound is too secured.” Bisi said. She quickly sent her husband a message and told him what was going on.
“Should I come with police? This might be the best option for us. Don’t you think we should report to security agencies at this point? With the evidence in our hands, we can report to the police and Bola will be arrested.” Mike said. However, his wife said there was no need to involve the police at that point in time.
“All I just need is a little opening and I will sneak out with my baby. With what I have seen in this compound, it appears this woman is influencial and she might even have the police in her purse. Let us wait. Just give me a few days. I will find a way to get out of this house with our baby.” Bisi tells her husband.
“Hmmm! I still insist we should involve the police. If you try to escape with the baby and they catch you, Bola may turn around and say you are a baby thief. Let’s let the police know what is happening. We are not even supposed to waste time. We are supposed to arrest Bola without delay.” Mike said, but his wife insisted she has everything under control.
“Don’t worry love. I will sort this out. We will involve the police, but not now.” Bisi said. Mike finally agreed.
The next day, Bola’s husband landed in Nigeria as planned. When he got home, Bola introduced Bisi as a nanny she hired.
“You know I was alone after giving birth, so I had to hire this woman to help me care for the child and take care of things in the house.” Her husband believed the lie, but what he did not know is that Bisi is the real mother of Brian.
That evening, Bola’s husband threw a small party in the house. Before landing in Nigeria, he had informed his friends that his wife gave birth. They all came to rejoice with him.
The baby was kept in the living room as people admired him and congratulated Bola and her husband. No one knew the baby was stolen.
Something happened during the party. Brian started crying, so Bola called Bisi to come and carry him. Bisi acted as instructed. She carried Brian into her room pretending she was going to feed him infant milk.
When she entered her room, she discovered that everyone in the compound concentrated on the party. Even the security men were in the living room drinking and eating. She decided it was time to run with her child.
“This is the best time to leave. I will take my baby and follow the back door.” Bisi said as she carried Brian and left the room.
“I pray they will not catch me.” Bisi said in her heart.
Bisi is aware that she is making a very dangerous move. She is in a well-protected house owned by people who stole her baby. However, it is only she and her husband who know the truth. Others who have come to celebrate with Bola are not aware that the baby was stole. If she is caught while running away with Brian, Bola could turn around and claim that Bisi was actually the one who stole her baby. Bisi is aware of this, so every move she was making must be well calculated. She wants to get out f the compound through a meticulously planned.
“If they catch me, I will be in danger. They will claim I’m the baby thief. They will turn the truth around and blame me. People will not believe that I’m actually the real mother of the child. But I’m going to leave this compound without being caught. I will be very careful.” Bisi said.
She gently opened the back door of the mansion and stepped out with Brian in her arms. Everyone in the house was happily rejoicing in the living room and congrulating Bola and her husband. They had no idea that the baby they came to celebrate was stolen and that the real mother was trying to take her child and run away.
“I will succeed. I will not leave you here my child. I carried you in my womb for nine months. I cannot allow you to grow under the roof of another woman while I’m still alive.” Bisi said to herself. She was alone at the back of the house. Brian was calm. The child seems to be aware that he was with his mother, so no need to cry.
“Which road will I follow now? I can’t go through the main gate. Policemen might see me. I think I should call my husband to come and help me.” Bisi said. She quickly removed her phone and called her husband’s number. Her husband answered without delay.
“Please, start driving out. I’m trying to leave the compound with the baby. I have already sneaked out of the mansion, but the problem now is how to leave the compound without getting caught. Please, drive to the address and wait for me close to the house so that if I’m able to come out, you will pick me up immediately.” Bisi said to her husband over the phone. She was talking in a low tone
“Please, be careful. Don’t allow them to catch you. I will be on my way right now.” Mike tells his wife. He picked up his car keys and left his house. He headed for the address where Bola’s house is located.
Bisi decided to check the main gate of the compound to see if the policemen guarding it were at their duty posts. Unfortunately for her, the policemen were there. She peeped from behind the walls and saw them.
“This is a no-go-area. I cannot pass through that gate with my baby. They will start asking questions and eventually catch me. What am I going to do now?” She asked herself. After standing at the back of the house for a long time, she decided to implement an idea that occured to her. Time was running out and if she did not act fast, Bola would soon notice her absence and start asking questions. Bisi rushed back into the room from the back door. She picked up two wrappers and a baby basket that Bola bought some weeks ago. She brought out the basket and tied the two wrappers on both ends.
She then picked two long benches she saw at the back of the house. Bisi placed the two benches close to the fence of the house. She placed one bench ont op of the other. She then placed Brian inside the basket and used the wrappers as rope to lift it. Afte she lifted the basket, she climbed the bench. Because the benches were two, she was able to see the other side of the fence. She gently lifted Brian in the basket and lowered him on the other side of the fence. Her heart was beating ‘kpim kpim kpim’ when she was lowering the rope.
“God please let them not catch me.” Bisi said as Brian finally reached the bushy ground on the other side of the fence. After she did that, she then came down from the bench.
“Now, I can quickly pass through the main gate. I have dropped Brian at the other side of the fence. I will tell the security people that I’m going to buy something, then I will rush to the bush to pick Brian.” Bisi said.
Bisi acted normally and approached the main gate of the house.
“Madam sent me to quickly buy something for her at the supermarket. It’s very urgent. She said I should buy wine for the guests inside the mansion.” Bisi said to the police men who stopped her at the gate of the house. They allowed her to pass. She rushed out of the compound and immediately headed to the bush, where she dropped Brian.
“God please protech my baby. Nothing should happen to him.” Bisi said as she kept running to where she kept her baby. In a few minutes, she arrived there and Brian was smiling as if he loved the bush behind the fence.
“Let’s go my son. I promised you that I will get you out of this place and I have done it.” Bisi said.
As soon as she picked the baby, she pulled out her phone and called her husband.
“Where are you? Please, drive fast. I’m coming out from the bush to the roadside. Just be driving straight on the estate road, you will see me.” Bisi said on the phone. Mike was already on the estate road. Soon, they saw each other.
“Oh God! I’m so happy to see our baby. He looks so handsome.” Mike said as soon as Bisi got into the car with Brian in the basket. They drove home with speed.
A few minutes later, Bola started looking for Bisi and Brian. She searched every part of the compound and didn’t see them. The house is monitored with 24/7 CCTV cameras. When the CCTV videos were checked, security saw exactly how Bisi took the baby out of the compound.
“She stole my baby. She is a baby thief. Find her and arrest her.” Bola said to the policemen in the compound.
Bisi and her husband finally had their baby back. They renamed him Tolu.
“We cannot allow another woman to name our child when we are still alive. From today onwards, your name is not Brian but Tolu. We did not ask Bola to name our child for us. She stole our child from us but now, we have him back.” Mike said as he pronounced blessings on his son.
“You are right my husband. I’m so glad we have our baby back. I’m so happy we did not give up. Had it been we believed the nurses who said our child was dead, we would have lost him to that woman. Who knows how many children have been sold by Nurse Titi. She is such a mischevious woman. A nurse should not be doing such evil to mothers. But my happiness is that we won the battle.” Bisi responded to her husband.
Bisi and her husband may have their baby back, but the truth is that the battle is not over yet. Bola has not given up. She is bent on bringing the child back to her house. Afterall, the CCTV cameras in her house showed that the child was truly taken from her house. The claim she is making now is that her nanny took her baby and ran away. She is calling Bisi a baby thief, forgetting that she also stole the baby.
Bola is an influential woman and her husband is also known as a powerful man across the country. Media houses and blogs were reporting the disappearance of the baby. Journalists and bloggers even shared the CCTV videos because Bola intentionally released the videos online so that she could paint Bisi as a bad person. She granted interviews to prominent media houses and insisted that Bisi came to her house to work for her as a nanny but ended up stealing her baby. She vowed to get her arrested.
“That woman wants to destroy my home. She came to me looking for a job. She told me that her family has no food to eat. She told me she was desperately in search of a job. I hired her as a nanny to care for my baby, but she ended up running away with the child. I showed her kindness but she decided to treat me very badly. I was paying her well. Her salary per month was N500,000. Yet, she still took my baby and ran.” Bola said when she was being interviewed at the television station. She was weeping as she was narrating the story. People did not know she was telling lies against Bisi. Unfortunately, a lot of people believed her story.
“Bisi has destroyed my home. My husband is now on my neck. My husband is angry because I hired a nanny who ended up stealing our baby. He is blaming me and calling me a lazy woman who cannot take care of a baby and had to hire a nanny. I regret employing Bisi. I regret bringing her into my house. Hiring her was the biggest mistake I have ever made.” She said at the television state. She was still crying.
“I lived many years with my husband without being able to concieve and bear him a child. Now that God finally blessed me with a child, another woman stole the baby from me. What did I ever do wrong to Bisi? I’m calling on the police to fish her out and arrest her. The baby she took belongs to me and people should help me to get my baby back.” Bola said. A lot of people who watched her on TV pittied her. They believed her because they did not know the truth.
That was how the police started looking for Bisi. Already, Bisi and her husband saw the interview Bola granted the television station. They also saw the video of Bisi sneaking out of the compound with her baby. The video was trending on social media. They were afraid but Mike decided that there was no need for them to run since they did not do anything wrong.
“We did not do anything wrong. We are not the thieves here. Bola is the thief. She was the first to take our baby from us. She worked hand in hand with Nurse Titi to take our baby. All we did was to go to her house and take our baby back. We did not do anything wrong. We did not steal the child.” Mike said.
“So, are you saying we are not going to run? I suggest we should run. I don’t want them to arrest me. She has twisted the truth and made people to believe I’m the thief. I’m scared. I don’t want to go to jail.” Bisi tells her husband.
“Trust me, you are not going to jail. How can you go to jail when you are innocent? No one will arrest you. Even if they arrest you, I will prove it that the baby belongs to us. There is no need to run. If we start running now, people will believe that you are truly a baby thief.” Mike said.
A few days passed and nothing happened. But a week later, the police arrived at Mike’s house and arrested Bisi. The police tracked her using her phone number. Her address was located.
“Bisi, you are under arrest for taking a baby that does not belong to you. You will be charged to court for your crimes.” The police said the day she was arrested.
Even without properly investigating what happened, the police collected Bisi’s baby from her. That same day, they handed the baby over to Bola. Already, Bola visited the DPO of the police station and bribed him with N5 million. The DPO collected the money and put it in his bag.
“I’m giving you this money because I want my baby back. You have arrested the woman who stole my baby. All I want from you now is to collect the baby and give to me. The baby is mine. I don’t want any other thing. Lock Bisi up in the detention room. I don’t want her to ever come out. Send her to jail. Just take this N5 million for now, but as time goes on, I will provide more money to make sure that woman never sees the light of day.” Bola said to the police DPO who was too happy to get such an amount of money at once.
“Madam Bola, I will do whatever you want. You are such a generous woman. I’m going to make sure that woman regrets stealing your baby. You will get your baby back and we will charge her to court and send her to jail. She will pay dearly for what she has done to you. I will personally supervise the case and make sure she does not escape justice. Just give me a few minutes.” The DPO said. He called a police officer and instructed him to take the baby from Bisi.
“When you collect the baby, bring him to my office. Also, drag Bisi to the cell and lock her up. If her husband talks, lock him up as well.” The DPO said.
Mike had followed his wife to the police station after she was arrested. He had vowed that he would protect his wife come rain come shine. Bisi was at the counter writing her statement in a notebook provided by the investigating police officer. She was breastfeeding her child while using the other hand to write. Her husband was sitting beside her. Also, her husband came with a lawyer and the lawyer was there instructing Bisi on what to say and what not to say. As she was writing, the police officer sent by the DPO walked in.
“Madam, give me your baby.” The policeman said.
“Why? Where are you taking my baby to? He is a little child and he needs to be by my side so that I can care for him. Why do you want to take my child from me?” Bisi asked the policeman. However, before she could say more, the policeman snatched the baby from her by force. Bisi did not struggle with him too much because she did not want the child to be injured, so she let go.
“Oga where are you taking my son to? I’m the father, and I have the right to know why you are snatching my baby.” Mike said to the police man.
“Mr Mike or whatever they call you, this baby does not belong to you. Your wife stole the child and you are here defending her. You should be ashamed of yourself. You got married to a woman who is a thief. Your wife is not just a thief, she is a baby thief. Shame on you Mr Mike.” The police man said. Two other police officers were there. They grabbed Bisi and dragged her into the cell where she was detained. She was crying and shouting but they did not pay her any attention.
The police man immediately took the baby to the DPO’s office where the child was handed over to Bola.
“Thank you so much Mr DPO. You will get more money from me once you send that woman to jail. Charge her to court as early as tomorrow. Make sure she is sentenced to life imprisonment. Even if it means paying the court to do it, I will pay.” Bola said as she left the police station with the baby. Mike watched as Bola was taking his baby away. He tried to stop her but the policemen held him and pinned him to the floor.
“You think you are in your house? You are in a police station. If you misbehave, we will lock you up the same way we locked your wife up. If you know what is good for you, keep calm and maintain silence.” The policemen said to Mike.
“This is injustice. The baby is mine. Why did you give my baby to that woman? She is the actual thief here. She is the one who first stole our baby at the hospital. She is the thief. She is supposed to be arrested. You are allowing her to go because she bribed you. You think I don’t know?” Mike asked. The policemen dragged him into the male cell and locked him up immediately.
“You will stay there until you learn your lesson.” The policemen said. Mike’s lawyer tried to stop the detention but the police did not listen to him. That was how Mike and his wife were locked up by the police simply because they were trying to defend their baby.
“We made a mistake from the beginning. I should have reported this matter to the police right from the beginning when our baby was stolen. We were supposed to have reported to the police even on the day we discovered who stole our baby. But we kept quiet, and now, we are the ones looking like the thieves. My wife is in detention, and I’m in detention.” Mike said to himself while in detention.
News went out that the woman who stole Bola’s baby has been arrested. It was also reported that she was detained alongside her husband. Bola made sure she paid blogs to report that Bisi confessed to the crime. The news was everywhere.
Nurse Titi, who disappeared into thin air, heard the news. She was in a hotel room in Lagos, where she was hiding, when the news flashed on the TV.
“I have created a serious problem for this family. I have made so many mistakes in life. This family trusted me as their nurse, but I betrayed them. I sold their baby to the highest bidder and now, they are suffering. Well, I’m going to confess. I will go to the police and confess. I will go and pay for my sins.” Nurse Titi said to herself. She packed her bags and left the hotel room.
Nurse Titi booked the next available flight and flew from Lagos to Abuja. Her decision to confess her sins was irreversible. She wanted to do it fast before anyone would convince her otherwise. That was why she did not even mention it to any of her friends. A few hours later, she arrived in Abuja with the clear intention to rectify her mistake and make things right.
“I must do it. Mike and his wife do not deserve to continue suffering over a crime they did not commit. It was all my fault. If I did not sell their baby, they wouldn’t be in this situation.” Nurse Titi said to herself as she took a taxi ride from the Abuja airport and headed to the police station. When she arrived at the police station, the officers on duty didn’t know who she was. They thought she was coming to lodge a complaint, but she was actually coming to turn herself in for arrest.
“I have come to report myself to the police. I’m a criminal, please arrest me, detain me and charge me to court. Make sure I go to jail.” Nurse Titi tells the policemen on duty. They were looking at her as if she was mad. It is not every day that someone comes to the police to turn themselves in for a crime. It was a rare occurrence and the policemen were truly shocked.
“What did you do? Why should we arrest you? We don’t even know you. Why do you want to be sent to jail?” The police officers asked.
“You have detained the wrong person. I’m the person you should put in detention. Release the couple. I’m the person who commited the real crime. I caused the problem.” Nurse Titi said.
“Which couple are you talking about and which crime? Explain yourself very well or get out of this station before we deal with you.” The police said.
“Mr Mike and his wife, Bisi are innocent. I’m a nurse. My name is Nurse Titi. I was the person who attended to Bisi the day she gave birth to her baby. She gave birth successfully but I stole the baby and sold it to Bola. Bola is not the mother of that child. Bola is not the mother of that child and I have evidence to prove what I’m saying.” Nurse Titi said with tears in her eyes.
“Are you sure of what you are saying? Remember the consequences of what you are saying. You will go to jail.” One of the policemen on duty warned her but she insisted to be taken to the DPO.
“Take me to the DPO. I will repeat everything I said here before him.” Nurse Titi said. The policemen had no option but to take her to the DPO’s office. When she got there, she repeated everything she said. She confessed everything and made it clear to the DPO that he was detaining an innocent couple.
“Please release them and give them their baby. Also, I would like you to arrest me and Bola. We were the ones who committed the crime.” Nurse Titi said to the DPO.
At first, the DPO did not say much. Instead, he sent one of the police officers to bring Mike and Bisi out from detention. Immediately Mike and Bisi entered the DPO’s office, they recognised Nurse Titi.
“This woman wanted to destroy our lives. You stole our baby. You stole a little child which did not do anything wrong to you. We trusted you at the hospital but you betrayed us. As a health professional, you are supposed to protect children, but you sold my child to the highest bidder and now, society is even seeing us as baby thieves.” Bisi said with tears in her eyes.
“I don’t even know what to say to you. You took my child and gave him to another woman for money. I don’t know how much you sold my child but look at the situation you have put us in. My wife and I are suffering because of your actions.” Mike said tearfully. As they were talking, Nurse Titi knelt down and started begging them for forgiveness.
“Please find a place in your heart to forgive me. I’m so sorry for what I have done to you. It was totally wrong. I should not have sold your baby. I did it out of greed. I have done it to other mothers too. But now, I’m here to pay for my crimes. I’m submitting myself to the police for investigation. I want to go to jail.” Nurse Titi said. The DPO’s office was charged with emotions. Still, he did not talk.
After a few minutes, the DPO picked up his phone and called Bola.
“Please come to the police station. There is a new development. Come as soon as you can. Also, bring the baby with you.” The DPO said. Within a few minutes, Bola arrived at the police station. She thought the police wanted to tell her that Bisi and her husband had been sent to jail. She was shocked when she entered the DPO’s office and saw Nurse Titi.
“Nurse Titi! What are you doing at the police station?” Bola asked with shock. She knew there was a serious problem.
“I have come to expose what we did.” Nurse Titi responded.
“What did we do? I did not do anything with you. If you have confessed anything to the police, that is your business, and I’m not part of it.” Bola said as she made to leave the DPO’s office but two police officers stopped her.
“Bola, I have to return the N5 million you gave to me earlier. I have discovered that you are the baby thief. I have gathered enough evidence to show that you took another woman’s baby. Please, give me the baby.” The police DPO said as he took the child from Bola and handed him to Mike and Bisi.
“Bola, this baby does not belong to you. Mr and Mrs Mike, I’m so sorry for taking bribe and detaining you wrongly. Please, don’t expose me. Don’t hold it against me. Take your baby and go home.” The DPO said.
Bola started crying. She knelt down and started begging Mike and his wife.
“Please, you people should forgive me. I did it because I wanted to be a mother too. I have never conceived. I wanted to know what it feels like to be a mother. That was all I wanted. I did not mean to hurt you.” Bola said but she was arrested by the police despite her crocodile tears.
News went viral that Bola was actually the one who stole a baby. When her husband heard the news, he divorced her. Bola and Nurse Titi were also later sent to jail.
Mike, his baby and his wife lived happily ever after.
THE END.
