Three persons have been arrested by the anti-kidnap unit of the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly stealing a 10-day old baby.
The three suspects were identified as Nwandi Chinenye (female), Friday Ude (male) and Sylvester Ozollo (male).
The suspects were arrested following the alarm raised by the mother of the child, identified as Chinenye Egwu from Oduma in Aninri local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the suspects decided to steal the baby boy because after Egwu put to bed, none of her relations was present.
She was said to have registered with the private hospital where she attended ante-natal before delivering her baby on February 10.
According to Egwu, after delivering the baby she was in a very good condition and her baby was also healthy.
However, some minutes after she gave birth, a nurse injected her and she fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up the baby had disappeared. Upon inquiry from the nurses about the child’s whereabouts she was told that the baby had some problems and was taken away.
A source who craved anonymity said, “Their explanation was not clear to her as she demanded to see the baby but when they failed to produce him that day she became suspicious that the hospital staff might be up to something funny.
She insisted that the baby must be produced but along the line, one of the suspects approached her and made an offer of N46,000 for the woman to forget about the baby.
When she refused the offer, she was threatened by one of them, a development that forced her to raise an alarm and subsequently contacted the police.
She identified one of the suspects, who was picked up by the police while two other members of the gang were later apprehended,” the source narrated.
Thankfully, the child was recovered in the course of the investigation by the detectives.