Two months old stolen baby recovered in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday confirmed the recovery of a two-month-old baby, Sulaiman Adamu, stolen from his mother by a customer.

Public relations officer of the command, Aminu Lawal disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.

He said the baby’s mother, Marwa Adamu, had earlier reported the case at the police divisional headquarters in Rigachukwu on January 31.

According to Lawan, the mother had complained that a woman, Hassana Mohammed, had run away with the child from Mararaban Jos in Igabi local government area of the state.

He said the child was recovered on February 16 when the woman who took him away called her friends on phone and they immediately alerted the police.

The police spokesperson said the woman was encouraged to return and on arrival in Mararaban Jos, was arrested for child theft. He said she would soon be prosecuted.

Narrating the incident, the mother of the baby, said the suspect ran away with the child on January 31, after she finished plaiting her hair.

She said the woman left with the baby under the pretext of going to call one of her friends to also have her hair plaited and she had to report the matter to the police when the woman failed to return the baby, several hours later.

Source: Leadership