A five-year-old boy has reportedly been stolen during a church service at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ekwulobia, Anambra State.
Mohammed said the incident occurred on Sunday while children were playing within the church compound during service.
He said the boy was allegedly stolen by a yet-to-be-identified man who deceived the victim’s elder sibling to go and buy water for him opposite the church while he perpetrated the act.
“However while the children were playing on the field within the church premises, a man whose identity is yet unknown called the eldest child and sent him to go and buy three sachets of water opposite the church, and before he came back from the errand, the man had disappeared with his younger brother, one Chimaobim Kosi Ayinkor, aged five years, to unknown destination and all efforts made to locate him by the parents proved abortive.
The PPRO urged parents and the public to caution their children about strangers.
He added, “The command equally enjoins the public with useful information about the child’s whereabouts to report at the nearest police station or through a designated police emergency number.” Punch
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