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Monday, 27 October 2014

Suspected baby thieves arrested in Anambra

The Police have arrested a man and his pregnant wife for stealing 10 children from different hospitals in Anambra State in south-east Nigeria.  They were paraded along with some nurses who are their accomplices.

The suspect Mr. Friday Chibueze, and his pregnant wife, Amauche Chibueze, were into the business of stealing new born babies from hospitals in connivance with nurses working in such hospitals.
 
 



While being interrogated by the police, the suspects mentioned three nurses, Ogechi Okoye of Reigns Hospital, Igboukwu, Ebubechukwu Okpalu of Healthcare Center, Nnobi, and Eberechukwu Okala of Chidera Specialist Hospital, Uga, as accomplices.

Investigation is ongoing for the arrest of one Ezenwanyi who is alleged to be in possession of all the stolen babies.

One of the syndicate suspects, Ogechi Okoye, admitted that a baby was stolen from their hospital while she was on duty but denied any involvement in the crime.

The police commissioner made it clear that with the huge resources expended by the state government to secure lives and property of the citizens across the state, the police were determined to live up to expectation of ridding the state of crime and criminality

Source:  Channels News

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