There was confusion at the Egbeada Housing
Estate, Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday after an unidentified person stole a
three-month-old baby, Precious Silas, from her mother’s bedroom.
Findings by our correspondent showed that
the baby was stolen after his mother, Mrs Chidinma Silas, stepped out to get an
item within the neighbourhood.
The incident, which happened around 11am,
caused panic in the estate.
Chidinma said the suspect broke into her bedroom and
stole child, leaving his two-year-old brother behind.
The distraught mother said, “When I looked
closely, I noticed that the padlock I used to lock the door to my house had
been broken. When I went inside, I discovered that my baby had been taken away.
I felt someone might be playing pranks on me but as the day went by, I didn’t
hear anything from anyone.
“I immediately went to the estate security
to report the incident and they said no one had left the gates to the estate as
of that moment.
“I have also
gone to the police and the Army brigade to report. I’m dying here. I don’t know
how I will survive without my child.”
The police
spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said he had yet to be briefed on the
incident.
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