The Ekiti State Police Command, through a painstaking investigation and credible tip-off, has arrested one DEBORAH AYENI of Afao-Road, Ado-Ekiti, for stealing a new-born child on 4th August, 2025 from an Hospital in Ado-Ekiti.
The suspect after her arrest today being 6th August, 2025, confessed to the commission of the crime, and the child has been recovered from her.
Investigation revealed that the suspect has been going about with a fake pregnancy, and has been lying to the husband who stays in the UK that she was pregnant.
She confessed that her decision to look for a child to steal was to cover up her lies about the fake pregnancy, since she has already collected a lot of money from the husband.
“I stole the baby because I needed it. When I got to the hospital, I met them and we were joking with the baby. I later left with it,” she said.
“I wasn’t on admission at the hospital. I only pretended to be pregnant. I had a miscarriage, but I feared my fiancé would abandon me if he found out.”
The recovered child has been handed over to the parents, while the suspect will be further investigated and prosecuted accordingly.
However, the baby’s father, Mustapha Aliyu, 29, expressed shock and disappointment at the suspect, whom he described as very friendly person in the hospital.
He explained that Deborah had mingled freely with patients and even claimed to be an expectant mother. He said she disappeared at some point only to return and stole the baby later.
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP JOSEPH ERIBO, while calling on everyone to be security conscious all round and at all times, implores citizens to continue to support and cooperate with the Police by supplying credible and timely information that can lead to the arrest of criminal elements in the society.
