
Mrs. Leritshimwa Diyal, the 32-year-old woman, who has confessed to stealing a three-day-old baby in Plateau Specialist Hospital, jos has said that the desire to have a child, who would call her mother, pushed her into committing the crime.
Diyal, a student of College of Health Technology, Zawan, in Plateau, made the confession while speaking with newsmen when she was paraded by the Plateau Police Command on Thursday in jos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the baby belonging to one Mrs. Mary Chukwuebuka of Zaramangada area of jos was stolenthree days after she put to bed at the Plateau Specialist Hospital.
When the matter was reported to the headquarters of the Plateau Police Command in jos, it immediately commenced investigation which led to the arrest of the suspect.
NAN also recalls that Diyal, before her arrest, had claimed that she gave birth at a kidnappers’ den.