Anambra Abducted Babies: Hospital CMD Discloses What Happened During Gunmen Attack

The Chief Medical Director, National Medical Centre, Nkpologwu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Dr Stanley Izuehie, has said that no babies was stolen from the hospital.

Recall that reports making the rounds on social media had indicated that gunmen stormed the hospital and stole four babies.

They had allegedly picked up the babies and zoomed off in a vehicle.

However, while speaking to Punch, Izuehie disclosed that the reports were unfounded.

According to him, the robbers only stole phones and other valuables from patients and hospital staff.

He said, “The information that gunmen stormed the hospital and took four babies is unfounded, untrue, and should be disregarded. A lot of people, including the state governor, the inspector general of police and the commissioner of police have shown interest in this matter and I hope it will be properly addressed.

“The truth is that two weeks ago, there was a robbery attack in the hospital, and the robbers made away with phones and other valuables from the patients. They did not go with any baby, so that aspect should be disregarded by the public.”

The Anambra state Government, in a statement, had also said that no babies were taken from the hospital.

The press statement reads, “There are reports currently flying around the social media by supposedly respectable national media that gunmen attacked a maternity hospital in Anambra State and abducted four (4) new born babies. The report neither stated the name of the hospital nor the identities of the mothers whose babies were abducted.”