Niger Police Rescue Four-Week-Old Baby Abducted by Fake Pastor

A four-week-old infant was recovered by the Niger State Police after a man posing as a clergyman lured a nursing mother and fled with her child. Police arrested 24-year-old Chidi Johnson, known as “Yaron Pastor,” in Abdulsalam Quarters, Minna. He confessed that 22-year-old Zainab Ibrahim hired him to procure a newborn following her alleged miscarriage. Detectives say Johnson tricked the mother into visiting an unfinished building near Mobil Roundabout on July 14, under the pretense of food and relief from a benefactor. He then escaped on a motorcycle with the baby. Officers later arrested Ibrahim in Sokoto State. The baby was rescued unharmed and reunited with the mother. Both suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.

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