One Okhuli Damian, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing a baby girl from a day care centre in the Alakuko area of the state.
The school management was said to have raised the alarm and alerted the Alakuko Police Division after the one-year-old girl was discovered missing.
The 29-year-old suspect had come to the Alakuko area and hung around the day care centre before he gained entry and stole the one-year-old girl, The Punch reports.
According to a police source at the police division, Damian has been arrested, with the baby girl rescued and reunited with her parents.
The source said, “The suspect has been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation for further investigation.
“The suspect had come to the school at about 12 pm on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, to steal the baby girl. When the management noticed that she was missing, they came to report to the police, and we began the search. She has been reunited with her parents,” he added.
A resident near the day care centre said the victim, being a one-year-old girl, exposed the suspect through her persistent cries.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, while confirming the incident, said the suspect would soon be charged to court.
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