Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Dorothy Sunday who was alleged to have stolen a five-day-old twin baby boy at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra State.
According to the statement released by the Command Public Relation Officer SP Haruna Mohammed on Thursday in the State capital Awka, he said the 35-year-old Dorothy Sunday the woman suspected to have stolen the child, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
SP Mohammed in his press briefing alleged that the suspect (Dorothy Sunday ) sneaked into the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, and stole the baby from the maternity section of the hospital.
He said that the mother of the baby, Mrs Happiness Mmadu, aged 22, went to wash her clothes when her baby was allegedly stolen.
The police spokesman said that 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.
He said that the baby was recovered in good condition and the case under investigation.
He gave the assurance that the suspect would be charged to court after investigations.