family of Mr and Mrs Oluebube Ekwedike of Umuezealaowerre Ehime Mbano
Local Government Area of Imo State.
While reuniting the baby with his parents on Monday, the Imo State
Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, said the baby was said to have been
stolen by unknown child thieves barely 48-hours after the baby was
given birth to at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano Local
Government Area of Imo state.
At The Verge Of Selling
He said that after the issue was reported to the police, the men of
the command swung into action and arrested two suspects who were at
the verge of selling off the baby.
The mother of the baby could not hold back her tears as she holds her baby again
The mother of the baby, Uchechi Ekwedike, 21, who could not hide her
joy seeing her baby again, said she was tricked by the culprits in
order to steal her baby.
After reuniting the baby with his parents at the command headquarters
in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in southeast Nigeria, Mr Lakanu
said despite the numerous warnings for people to desist from child
stealing and trafficking, some persons were still adamant in causing
pain and sorrow on innocent members of the society.
He said: "My team, the entire Imo State Police Command, will not rest
on its oars to ensure that criminal offenses are brought to its barest
minimum in the state.
"It is so unfortunate that such barbaric behaviour still exists
amongst our people. But the arrest of these ones should serve as a
deterrent to other child thieves across the state and to make them
realise that no matter how smart they are, the hands of the law will
catch up with them".
While speaking to reporters in an incoherent manner, the prime
suspect, Mrs Ngozi Anyanwu, claimed that the act was not intentional
as it was targeted at the owner of the maternity home who she claimed
was owing her some amount of money prior to the incidence.
--ChannelsTV
