Lafia.
The Police Command in Nasarawa state has commenced investigating into the alleged theft of a newborn baby at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) Lafia,north central Nigeria.
CP.Umar Nadada, Commissioner of Police (CP) in the State,who disclosed this on Wednesday briefing journalists on in Lafia,explained that one Suleiman Abdullahi of Lafia reported the matter to the police on Tuesday.
He said the man reported the case at A-Division Police Station Lafia, that his wife gave birth at DASH through Cesarean Section (CS) at the hospital and that the baby was stolen.
The CP added that the father of the stolen child said that the one-day old baby was stolen by a strange woman introduced to his wife by a relative who is looking after his wife at the hospital.
According to the CP,preliminary investigations about the case showed that the baby was stolen by the unknown woman that the caregiver entrusted to look after the woman and the child.
The Commissioner explained that so far,the police had arrested three suspects currently at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Lafia.
He further said that many other people from the hospital were invited for questioning in order to unravel the perpetrators of the crime.
Nadada also said that the management of the hospital was assisting the police in the investigation of the case.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the baby who was delivered around 3:00a.m on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 was stolen around 6:00am, three hours after the woman had put to bed.(www.nannews.ng).
