
Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ranham Nansel, confirmed this in a statement yesterday.
The police said that at about 6:30pm on Saturday, police officers attached to Keffi Division arrested a woman, Khadija Aliyu, for stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during a naming ceremony in Keffi.
The suspect has confessed to committing the crime.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu Nadada, has called on members of the public to keep a watchful eye over infant babies during birthdays and other children’s ceremonies.