4 nabbed for stealing 8-month-old baby in Delta

NEMESIS has caught up with four desperate women who kidnapped an eight-month-old baby, Destiny Umeh, from the parents' compound in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, recently.The baby was, however, recovered inside a church in Aba, Abia State, after two weeks.Among the suspects was a nurse, Mrs Chinwe Ojijieme, who operates a maternity home in Oru, Imo State.The other suspects were one Tina Opia, 32, a native of Ogwashi-Uku; Agnes Ujiah, 46, a native of Benue State and Chizoba Ejike, 24, from Osisioma Aba, Abia State.According to the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Charles Muka, who paraded the suspects along with five others in Asaba, on Tuesday, the nurse and her worker, Chizoba, conspired with Tina and Opia to steal the child on April 27, so as to dispose him off before they were arrested.The mother of the child, Mrs Patricia Umegboro, told the Nigerian Tribune that on the fateful day, she left for market and kept the child in the custody of her other children.According to her, the suspects came around at about 11.00 a.m, dressed for the baby and, thereafter, escaped with him.Among other suspects paraded was one Ola Yourke, whom the police described as a vicious kidnap kingpin, a member of the gang that kidnapped Mr Tobechukwu Ochie, the younger brother to the speaker of the state house of assembly, Victor Ochie.The sum of N658,000 was recovered from the booth of a Toyota Camry car, with registration number AA401GBJ, which was also impounded by the police at a car wash in Warri.
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