Four months old baby kidnapped at gunpoint

New reports coming in is that a 4-month-old baby has been kidnapped by two men from his parents at gunpoint in Akwa Ibom in Nigeria.

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Per reports, the men invaded the home of the baby at PCN Primary School in East Itam in in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday May 4 at around 3am and took the baby from the parents at gunpoint.

The father of the baby, Udeme Eyo told reporters he sent an SOS to security agencies to help him find his baby. He said they lost their first child and just when God has blessed them with another one, he has been kidnapped.

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Narrating what happened, the father said they heard a “loud bang on the door at about 3 am on Saturday when two hefty men stormed their bedroom and demanded for their baby.”

He said, “I was half asleep when I heard the bang on the door. I jumped out of bed, but the door was pulled to the ground with force. Two strange men entered and demanded my son. As a man, I tried to stop them, but they brought out guns and machetes.”

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“I struggled but they seized the child from my wife, who was screaming, kicked her aside, and made away with the baby. When I rushed out to raise an alarm to alert my neighbours, I saw them zoom off in a car that was parked about a pole away.”

“As I speak, my wife is completely traumatised. We lost our first child at about the same age, and now that she was being consoled by the new baby boy, this has happened. I’m completely confused.”

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Speaking with the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) at Ayadehe Police Station, he revealed the incident has “been reported since Saturday, and police were not resting as an investigation was ongoing to make sure perpetrators of the evil act were brought to justice.”

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