Man steals baby, gives girlfriend to sell

The suspects
The Abia State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a
man, identified simply as Uchenna, from Owerri- Aba, for
allegedly stealing a four month- old baby boy, who he gave to
his girlfriend, Kelechi Uche, to sell.
The state Police Commissioner, Joshak Habila, who paraded
Uche in Umuahia, said she was arrested by some members of
the public at Osusu Aku, where she went to look for buyers.
According to the police boss, Uchenna and four other suspects,
still at large, stole the boy at gunpoint on August 21, at Ntigha
Uzo in the Obingwa Local Government Area of the state.
He added that Uchenna later handed over the baby to his lover
to sell.
Habila explained that Kelechi drew the suspicion of some
members of the public on August 26 when the baby started
crying uncontrollably, but she could not breastfeed him.
The CP said she was nabbed by the curious members of the
public following her incoherent and unsatisfactory answer when
she was asked if she was the biological mother of the baby.
“She was immediately arrested and handed over to the police at
Ugwunagbo division,” the CP added.
He added that upon interrogation, the suspect said the child was
stolen by her boyfriend, Uchenna, and four others and given to
her to sell.
The CP said the suspect also explained that the baby was first
kept in the house of one Love Chinkata , also on the run, before
she collected him to sell.
Habila said efforts were on to trace the biological parents of the
baby and to also apprehend other fleeing suspects in connection
with the crime.
The police also paraded three suspected robbers ─ Emeka
Mbulo, 30; John Promise, 20; and Osinachi Iroka, 22.
According to the police, the suspects were arrested during a raid
by detectives at Mbulo’s house following a tip-off that they were
plotting a robbery operation.
The police said two locally-made pistols, N46,000 , three
machetes, and a hammer were recovered from the suspects.
The suspects, however, denied the allegation.
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