{"id":1202,"date":"2025-08-07T08:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:21:21","slug":"police-recover-stolen-day-old-baby-arrest-suspect-in-ekiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/police-recover-stolen-day-old-baby-arrest-suspect-in-ekiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Police recover stolen day-old baby, arrest suspect in Ekiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ekiti State Police Command has recovered a day-old baby stolen from a government health facility in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. <br \/><br \/>Recall that the newborn was stolen at Okeyimi Health Centre on Monday, August 4, 2025. <br \/><br \/>The spokesperson of the command, Abutu Sunday, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, August 6, in Ado Ekiti, stated that the baby was recovered through a painstaking investigation and a credible tip-off. <br \/><br \/>The police arrested one Deborah Ayeni of Afao-Road, Ado-Ekiti, for stealing a newborn child. <br \/><br \/>The baby has been reunited with the parents, Mustapha Aliyu, 29, and 22-year-old Salmatu Lawal. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe suspect, after her arrest today, being 6th August, 2025, confessed to the commission of the crime, and the child has been recovered from her,&#8221; the PPRO stated.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;Investigation revealed that the suspect has been going about with a fake pregnancy, and has been lying to the husband, who stays in the UK, that she Police recover stolen day-old baby, arrest suspect in Ekitiwas pregnant. <br \/><br \/>&#8220;She confessed that her decision to look for a child to steal was to cover up her lies about the fake pregnancy, since she had already collected a lot of money from her husband. <br \/><br \/>&#8220;The recovered child has been handed over to the parents, while the suspect will be further investigated and prosecuted accordingly. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo, while calling on everyone to be security conscious all round and at all times, implored citizens to continue to support and cooperate with the police by supplying credible and timely information that can lead to the arrest of criminal elements in the society.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ekiti State Police Command has recovered a day-old baby stolen from a government health facility in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Recall that the newborn was stolen at Okeyimi Health Centre on Monday, August 4, 2025. 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