Police arrest varsity student for stealing two-day-old baby
From Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri

MEN of Imo State Police Command have arrested one Mrs. Chioma Nwachukwu, a student of Imo State University, Owerri, for allegedly stealing a two-day-old baby said to be the child of one Mrs. Nkechi Nwaogu of Akpodim, Mbaise in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Local Council.



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Parading the suspect before journalists at the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri at the weekend, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Linus Nwaiwu, said the accused, said to have wedded last December, had been attending ante-natal at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri.

Mrs. Nwachukwu, a 400 level Optometry student of IMSU, according to Nwaiwu, had five-month-old twin pregnancy when it abruptly got miscarried which made her to look for alternative to please her husband said to have been expectant.

He disclosed that the suspect had exchanged GSM phone numbers with her colleague, which she used in tracing Nworgu to her home on January 12, 2009, when she was delivered of a baby. Nworgu was said to have been delivered of baby girl on January 11, 2009.

Pretending to be thirsty of water, Mrs. Nwachukwu urged her victim to give her some water to drink. As soon as she went in to bring the water, Mrs. Nwachukwu, who was admiring the baby girl, disappeared with the baby.

Efforts to recover the child proved abortive but the culprit was said to have been arrested when she went to another nursing mother, apparently to steal another baby to complete her twins earlier diagnosed so as to satisfy her father-in-law and husband.

She was arrested by a team of police officers.

The suspect later confessed to committing the crime, but Nwaiwu noted that the Imo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Innocent Ilozuoke, had ordered full-scale investigation, adding that the law would take its course in the crime.

He was surprised that a 400 level student of a reputable university could allegedly commit such a crime.

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where's HotStepper

Wetin she go do?. Did I lie? Where is that Ifygurl?. na so dem dey thief pikin?

You see one of the causes of problem in Nigeria? Earthmummy, you are looking for trouble o o.

hahahaha j/k

I think the "Igbo" part was very unnecessary. Baby thief would have sufficed.

lol.

To be fair, a lot of Yoruba women dey thief baby too o.

Who remembers the 60yr old baby thief of the 90's?