WHY I STOLE A 14 DAY BABY - WOMAN

 

I stole a 14-day-old baby because I was childless say, a 30 year old woman 

Sukyama Irmiya, the woman who walked into the ward of Bauchi State's Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) to steal a 14-day-old twin baby, has revealed what motivated her to commit the crime.

On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Bauchi State Police Command apprehended the 30-year-old suspect from Kanam LGA in Plateau State, six days after she stele the baby by posing as a hospital staff member.

Speaking to reporters, the suspect stated: "I came to Bauchi to see a doctor and from there went to the Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) to see a doctor but later changed my mind because of the condition found myself

"I thought that even if met the doctor, it is all about child bearing and I don't have a husband because have been chased out of my marriage, so there's no hope of child bearing.

"I stole the child because want it, want to take care of it as my own child, that was the reason I went for a newly-born baby. I had tried adopting one but I couldn't get one because there was no infant child available at the orphanage went to. I did not do it with any ulterior motives, I just want a baby so that too will be called a mother.

"I entered the ward and met the woman, engaged her in friendly conversations and she loosened up with me. I asked her if she had twins and she answered yes, I then asked he if I could take him to see how he looks, and she allowed me to do that.

"Immediately I took the baby, my heart told me to act as the mother and go. then told her that was coming and just left the hospital and went away with the baby. I followed the main entrance to the main road and boarded a Keke and went to the village called Za'a in Kanam LGA."