The arrested suspect
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia-
The Nasarawa State Police Command, has arrested one Khadija Aliyu, for allegedly stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during naming ceremony in Keffi.
This is just as the command also arrested an ex-convict, Hussaini Mohammed, for allegedly stealing motorcycles in the same area.
A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Rahman Nansel, said that the suspect was arrested at about 6:30 pm on Saturday.
Nansel said the suspect had pretended to be pregnant and, while the name was ongoing, she sneaked into the house and stole the baby who had been laid to sleep.
She was said to have carried the baby on her back, covered her with a veil and escaped before she was tracked down by police operatives.
“At about 6:30 hrs, police operatives attached to the Keffi Division arrested one Khadija Aliyu for stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during a naming ceremony in Keffi.
“The suspect, who had been claiming to be pregnant, attended a naming ceremony at behind INEC office, Keffi.
“While the event was ongoing, she sneaked into the house, stole the baby that was laid to sleep, carried the child on her back, covered her with a veil, and escaped before she was later arrested”
“Similarly, one Hussaini Mohammed, a resident of behind stadium, keffi, and an ex convict who left correctional facility a few months ago, was arrested by Police Operatives attached to Angwan Lambu Division, keffi for motorcycle theft”
“During the investigation, three motorcycles suspected to be stolen items were recovered from the suspect as exhibits”
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has called on members of the public with cases of stolen motorcycles to visit Angwan Lambu Division at keffi with prove of ownership and lay claims to the items” he said.
