Thursday 10 May 2012

Police Arrest 4 Women, Recover Stolen Baby In Delta State Nigeria

The police in Delta on Tuesday announced the arrest of four women in Asaba in connection with a stolen baby.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Charles Muka, who said this at a press conference in Asaba, added that the stolen baby had been recovered.

The PPRO, who paraded the women, said the child was stolen on April 27 at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta.

Muka said the eight-month old baby; Destiny Umeh, was the son of one Innocent Umeh, a commercial motorcyclist in Ogwashi-Uku.

He confirmed that two of the suspects were from Ogwashi-Uku while the other two, a nurse and her worker from Ossisioma in Abia, were the receivers of the stolen baby.



Muka said the suspects had confessed to the crime and were already helping the police to unravel the cases of child theft within Ogwashi-Uku and its environs in recent times.

``On May 6, the Ogwashi-Uku Police Division received reliable information and trailed the suspects to Ossisioma in Abia and arrested the four women and recovered the child in good health,’’ he said.

The command also paraded a suspect believed to be the principal actor in the March 26 kidnap of Mr Tobechukwu Ochei, brother to the Speaker, Delta House of Assembly, Mr Victor Ochei.

He said that the gang had been operating between Edo and Delta in Nigeria.

Muka said that although the victim had been released, security operatives acting on information traced and arrested the suspect on April 4 in Warri.

``Items recovered from him were a Toyota Camry with registration number, AA 401 GBJ and the sum of N658, 000 from the booth of the car.

``The suspect has confessed to the kidnap and he will soon be charged to court,’’ Muka said.

The PPRO, however, called on the public to give relevant information to the police because ``information is the key to security management.’’

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