By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Benue State Police Command has announced the recovery of a newborn baby stolen shortly after delivery in Gboko, Benue State.
The new born was stolen, just minutes after delivery at the Divisional Hospital in Gboko Local Council of Benue State in the early hours of Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
According to reports,a woman who posed as a staff nurse at the health facility had approached the mother shortly after birth insisting that the new-born needed to be taken back to the Labour Room for an undisclosed medical examination.
However, the suspicious grandmother of the child decided to follow the acclaimed nurse ,but was asked to stay back, as her presence will not be needed during the medical examination.
The hospital authorities were to deny any knowledge of the said nurse and her mission minutes after she had fled with the baby, a development which unsettled both medical personnel and others.
However, in a statement on Thursday, August 13 ,2026, Peter Aondongu, the spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, said the baby has been recovered and reunited with the mother at the ” A” Police Division in Gboko.
This is as he disclosed that several suspects, including some child traffickers, have been apprehended in connection with the unfortunate incident.
According to him, while some of the suspects are being held in Gboko, others are being detained at the State Police Command in Makurdi ,the State capital.
He, however, did not disclose the exact number of those so far arrested.
The rescue of the new-born, he stated, was sequel to intelligence-driven operations conducted by operatives on Wednesday night in the Adekaa area of Gboko town.
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