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Adamawa Woman steals day-old baby while nurses on duty are away

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Adamawa Woman steals day-old baby while nurses on duty are away

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Maryam Sani a twenty-three-year-old Woman was reported stolen a Baby from a Hospital in Ngurore of Yola South Local Government area of Adamawa State.

Maryam narrated the ugly story to our Correspondent that after having a three-month miscarriage and was afraid to tell her husband led to the stealing of the baby.

According to her the hospital (affcot) when she visited from Numan for her normal routine check-ups there was no one in, including the nurses who are supposed to be on duty.

He said that she didn’t visit the husband purposely to steal the newborn baby but she saw the opportunity when the Mother and all her relations were outside sleeping.

“I was at the hospital for a checkup because I was not feeling well, I didn’t carry the newlyborn baby girl for any evil reason, or asked by someone to do so but because I love her.

“Nobody can suspect me because the community believes I’m pregnant and we did the naming ceremony to her as my own biological baby without my husband knowing how the baby came about,” Maryam said

When asked by our correspondent how she is breastfeeding the baby, she narrated:” I got some induce drugs that made my breast come up with milk and I am using my breast to feed her.” She said

Maryam Sani was arrested when the biological parents reported the matter to the police and an investigation was trailed to her.

When men of the Adamawa command of the Nigerian Police Force stormed Maryam’s house, she was not there and the report indicated that she ran to Taraba to save the baby and her husband was arrested instead.

Her husband’s arrest made Maryam come back with the baby on her own and regretted the actions that put her in the nets of the Nigerian Police Command Adamawa State over the stolen baby.

SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje the command public relations officer said the command will never allow criminals of whatever type to have a field day in Adamawa State and Maryam will be duly prosecuted according to the Constitution provided.

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