So far, three suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of a newborn baby at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, DASH, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar Nadada, made this known in Wednesday while briefing journalists in Lafia.
Nadada explained that one Suleiman Abdullahi of Lafia reported the matter to the police on Tuesday.
According to him, the case was reported at A-Division Police Station Lafia.
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The police boss said the man reported that his wife gave birth at DASH through Cesarean Section at the hospital and the baby was stolen.
He added that the father of the stolen baby claimed that the baby was stolen by a strange woman who was introduced to his wife by a relative who is looking after his wife at the hospital.
He added that from preliminary investigations, the baby was stolen by the unknown women that the caregiver entrusted to look after the mother and the child.
The Commissioner of Police said that many other people from the hospital were invited for questioning in order to unravel the perpetrators of the crime.
Nadada added that the management of the hospital was assisting the police in the investigation of the case.
The baby who was delivered at about 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday was stolen at about 6:00 a.m., three hours after the woman put to bed.
Source: NAN
