Collins Sunday
The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has commenced an investigation into the stealing of a newborn baby by a yet-to-be-identified stranger who was delivered by a 20-year-old woman at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia.
The command said the baby boy, delivered through a caesarean section, was stolen a few hours after his birth on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
Speaking on the development during a press briefing in Lafia on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Umar Nadada, said three suspects had so far been arrested in connection to the matter.
He said, “Yesterday (Tuesday), one Suleiman Abdullahi of Timber Shade went to A Division Police Station and reported that his wife had caesarian section at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia.
“He narrated that his brother’s wife who was assisting his wife wanted to go home to get a charger and handed over the child to an unknown woman.
“But when she came back to the ward, she could not find the child and the woman.
“I don’t think the matter is connected to rituals but investigation is ongoing at the State Criminal Investigation Department.
“The outcome of the investigation will be communicated to journalists in due time.”
Meanwhile, findings by our correspondent indicate that the incident occurred around 6am at the post-natal ward of the state-owned Specialist Hospital when the caregiver left the baby in the care of a stranger.
When interviewed to get her reaction to the development, the mother of the one-day-old baby, Wosilat Suleiman, said, “My relation that was looking after me introduced the strange woman she met in the ward to me before she went home to pick something.
“She told me that the woman would take care of me and the baby before she returned from the house.
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