A six-month-old baby, Chinedu Samson, allegedly taken away from his mother’s shop has been recovered by men of the Niger State Police Command.
The baby was abducted at Kure Market, Minna, the state capital, on Sunday, where his mother owns a shop.
The baby’s mother reported the case yesterday, July 25, 2023, at GRA Division in Minna.
Confirming the incident in a statement issued to newsmen, the Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, stated that the case was transferred to SCID Minna.
DSP Abiodun also added that the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command swung into action and commenced investigation with the aid of technical intelligence.
According to the police image maker, “Fortunately, today being July 26, 2023, at about 12:30 pm, due to sustained pressure and close monitoring, the baby was found abandoned at an erosion ditch, close to Gauraka Primary School in the Gauraka area of Tafa LGA.
“The baby was taken to a nearby hospital for a medical examination and confirmed to be in good health. He has been reunited with the family.”
He also stated that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing perpetrator of the crime.
The statement then enjoined parents and guardians to be more careful and security conscious and especially avoid entrusting their children to strangers.
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Meanwhile, one person identified as Igwe Omeli was said to have been shot dead during a clash between rival cult groups at the popular Eke Awka market in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the victim was killed in crossfire while members of the rival cult groups were engaging in a supremacy battle over the control of the market.
The deceased was suspected to be one of the leaders of the Aye cult group in the market.
A source in the market who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons confirmed to our correspondent that it was a clash between the Baga and Aye cult groups in the market
The source said, “The clash is related to market politics, but the man killed was the person they always used in terrorising us to comply with certain agenda. Any time the leadership want to enforce any agenda, he is the person and others they used.
“The Baga cult group members were pursuing Omeli and he ran into the market to mobilise his boys to rescue him and unfortunately for him, before his boys could get the information, they killed him and cut his head and male organ.
“He was killed inside the market at the abattoir area and the cult members cut his head and male organ with the butcher’s knives. Further bloodshed was averted as members of the rival cult group had fled before the deceased group members arrived at the scene.”