A 39-yr-old lady, Mercy Momoh, is cooling her heels in police net for
allegedly stealing a two-month-old baby in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Momoh, who hails from Edo State, was arrested by operatives of Ekiti
Police Command on Saturday at her residence located at Odo-Aremu area,
along old governorโs office in the state capital.
The baby was stolen from his mother, Mrs Funmilayo Sunday on Friday
around 1pm at the State Secretariat.
It was gathered that the suspect tricked the babyโs mother, Funmilayo
Sunday, to follow her to the State Secretariat under the guise to help
collect some relief materials being given by government to flood
victims.
The suspect, on getting there, sent the babyโs mother to help her
procure recharge card but ran away with the baby before the arrival of
the woman.
The command spokesperson, Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the arrest to
journalists on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, said investigation is still on
going to unravel the proper situation.
He said: โIt is confirmed that the woman who stole Two-Month-Old baby
has been arrested by the operatives of the Ekiti Police Command.
โThe suspect is Mercy Momoh, a 39-year-old lady from Edo State. She
was apprehended through intelligence made available to the police and
would be prosecuted after conclusion of investigation.
โInvestigation is still on going. More details will come to reveal
what really transpired.
โThe Nigeria Police would no longer reveal to the public the means
which they effect the arrest of criminals because criminals these days
now always take advantage of such information.
โAnd acting on that information on how they can be arrested they now
devise other means of carrying-out their nefarious act without being
arrested.
โAll I can tell you is that the woman that stole the infant baby has
been arrested and investigation is still ongoing
โWe call on members of the public to be careful when dealing with
strangers. The suspect was apparently nice to the victim, that was why
she got the baby easily. Citizens should not be carried away by kind
strangersโ, Ikechukwu said.
But, a Police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the
police were informed of the incident by the mother of the baby on the
same day, at about 4.30pm.
She disclosed that the police detectives immediately swung into
action, and on a tip off, traced the suspect to her residence, where
she was arrested around 11pm, on Saturday.
The source added that the Commissioner of police, Amba Asuquo, has
directed that the matter to be thoroughly investigated without delay,
and necessary action taken for justice to prevail in the case.
