Child Theft: Man Nabbed for Stealing 7-Month-Old Baby
A suspected child kidnapper identified as Happiness Umah has been arrested for allegedly stealing a seven-month-old child, Favour, in the Ijora area of Lagos.
According to Punch, he was escaping with the child when he was intercepted by officials of the Rapid Response Squad, who queried him on where he got the child.
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Initially, he allegedly lied that he was the baby’s father, but later claimed he picked her from a bush where she was crying.
A source said,
“Around 11pm on Wednesday, RRS officials who were on routine patrol at Eric Moore, Surulere, intercepted the man with the child.
When he was queried on how he came about the child, he first said he was her father. Later, he changed his story and said he picked her up from a bush while she was crying. He said he was taking her to a police station in Bode Thomas when the police intercepted him.
It was obvious that he was lying because there is a police station a few metres away from where he supposedly picked up the child. He changed his story and said other things, which made the RRS men to send him to the command headquarters.”
The police later took him to the Ijora area, where the child’s mother, Patricia John, was found and reunited with her baby.
A police source revealed,
“The woman said she left the child in the room and went out to buy something and by the time she returned, the child was gone. She said she had searched everywhere for her.
We are still investigating to know why he stole the baby.”
Why else would he if not for ritual purposes or to sell the child to ritualists. That baby is one lucky baby. So many ain’t this lucky.
Devil catch you, see how horrible he’s looking.
Ur sin has exposed u thief
Who knows what he would have done with dis baby
Hie thief
Na wa oh. So many evil is people in d world. God help us.
Just like that…ritual tins abi, God don catch am
Lord have mercy
Thank God he didn’t succeed.
Na wah oooooo.that vhild is really favoured. See e criminal face.
OMG God really safe that baby, he must be suffer for his crime
Onye oshi. Ur cup don full
One native Dr has asked him to bring a baby for overnight wealth.See how scrawny he looks
Thank God he is caught.
Rituals
Your cup don full. Only God knows how many other kids he’s stolen for whatever reason in the past. May you pay with your life if you’re found guilty.
Na waah o, so even someone’s house is no longer safe?
He wanted to use that child for rituals thank God he was caught