Kano State Police Command says it has arrested 22-year-old Maryam Sadiq and her husband, Abubakar Sadiq, for stealing a day-old baby boy from Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital.
A spokesperson for the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said Maryam stole one of the newborn male twins when the aunt looking after them fell asleep.
Kiyawa confirmed that the couple, who fled with the stolen baby, threw a party to celebrate the much-awaited arrival of a male child in their family.
During interrogation, Maryam claimed that she carried out the act with the aid of her husband who has been longing for a male child.
