A 35-year-old woman identified as Dorothy Sunday, has been arrested after for sneaking into the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, and stealing a 5-day-old baby.
A statement from the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the suspect sneaked into the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi at about 5pm yesterday January 30th and stole a five day old twin baby boy at the maternity ward of the hospital when the mother of the baby, 22-year-old Mmadu Happiness Miracle of Uruagu, Nnewi went to the hospital compound to wash her clothes.
However, luck ran out of the suspect when Nurses at the hospital gate saw her in a suspicious manner and raised an alarm which led to her arrest.
Meanwhile, the stolen baby was recovered in good condition and the case is under investigation after which suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.