man arrested for stealing 7 montn baby in Lagos

26 year old Happniess Umaru, has been arrested
by the Lagos state police command for
allegedly stealing a 7 month old baby at the
Ijora area of Lagos state on March 16th.
According to a report by Vanguard, Umaru was
intercepted by some police officers patrolling
Eric Moore road Surulere. When he was
questioned, Umaru first lied that he was the
father of the boy but after much interrogation,
he confessed to have picked up the baby inside
a bush at Ijora Railway where he had gone to
answer the call of nature.
When the police took him to the area where he
took the child, they met with the child's mother,
Patricia Victor who said she has been searching
for her son since. Narrating how her baby boy
disappeared, she said
“I laid my seven months old baby (Favour
Victor) on the bed inside my house at
about 8p.m., to buy food for my son. By
the time I returned with the food for my
older son, my baby had disappeared. I
raised alarm and neighbours joined me in
the search all thorough the night, but we
did not find him. I did not know that
police officers had arrested the man who
stole my baby. Luckily, when they came
the next day to investigate the case,
they located me.”
Umaru will be charged to court today for child
theft.