Plateau police arrest woman who absconded with her neighbour’s 10-month-old baby

Plateau State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Patience Solomon, who abducted her neighbour’s ten-month-old baby in Jos, and absconded to the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. 

Recall that LIB reported that the suspect absconded with the baby in the Angwan Rukuba area of Jos on Friday, July 21, 2023. 

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Julius Alawari, paraded the woman on Monday, September 4, 2023,  alongside 25 other suspects arrested for various crimes in the state. 

The mother of two insisted she turned herself in having realized that leaving Jos with the baby whom she claims she “loves very much” was wrong.

“I had no bad intention when I left with the baby. The mother of the baby is my friend and I love the baby so much. I did not tell the mother because I knew she would not agree so I had to go with the baby,” she said.

“While in Lagos, I was always calling, chatting, or doing video calls with the mother showing her how the baby was doing but because it was circulated on social media that I stole the baby, I had to go to the police in Lagos, they directed me on what to do so when I arrived Jos, the Police here picked me up at the park. I came back on my own, I was not arrested.”

Meanwhile, the baby’s mother who was seen cuddling her baby at the State Police headquarters expressed joy that she is reunited with her baby.

“We are living in the same compound and working in the same shop, She has been playing with the baby but the day she left with her, she did not inform me. When I insisted she return my baby, she said she just loved to stay with the baby. She took care of the baby but I did not permit her to go with her and I am happy to have my baby back.”