The Lagos State Police Command have arrested a Nigerian man, idenitified as Olamilekan Adeoye, 26, for disguising as a nurse at the Maternal and Child Hospital in the Gbaja area of Surulere, Lagos state.
A video making rounds on social media captured the suspect who was donning a nurse uniform being escorted out of the building by workers and a policeman.
The suspect when questioned revealed that he was coming from Fadeyi, denying that he was at the hospital to steal babies.
Speaking about the incident, one of the workers told Channels TV that the suspect gained entrance into the second floor of the health facility which occupies, maternity ward, pregnant mothers, and babies.
He said, “He came in and pounce on food and beverage s for patients before he was noticed and arrested.”
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, stated that preliminary investigation showed that the suspect is mentally unstable.
He added that the suspect was immediately referred to the police hospital and subsequently transferred to the psychiatric hospital, Yaba, for further investigation.
He said that the parents of the suspect who lives in the Fadeyi area of Lagos have also been contacted and that they confirmed that the suspect is not in a stable mental state.
Ajisebutu concluded that investigation is on to ascertain the mental status of the suspect.
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