The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has launched an investigation into the theft of a newborn baby at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, DASH, Lafia.
Umar Nadada, Commissioner of
Police in the State, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Lafia on
Wednesday.
Nadada explained that one
Suleiman Abdullahi of Lafia reported the matter to the police on Tuesday,
January 9.
He said the man reported the
case at A-Division Police Station Lafia that his wife gave birth at DASH
through a caesarean section at the hospital and 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.
He added that, from preliminary
investigations, the baby was stolen by the unknown woman that the carer
entrusted to look after the mother and the child.
The commissioner explained that
so far, three suspects have been arrested and are currently at the Criminal
Investigation Department, CID Lafia.
He further said that many other
people from the hospital were invited for questioning 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.
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