By KGR Reporter,
Police in Hoima City have taken into custody a woman accused of kidnapping a 4-month-old baby boy.
The suspect, identified as Esther Nantale,19, a resident of Kiryatete, a suburb of Hoima city, allegedly abducted the child from Hoima Regional Referral Hospital on September 7.
The minor in question is the son of Mary Katusiime, an employee at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital.
SP Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson, said the flying squad unit backed by the CCtv cameras successfully located and caused the arrest of the suspect in Kiryatete, where she had hidden the stolen baby who is said to be in good health and has been reunited with his relieved mother. SP Hakiza speaking……
Ms Katusiime, a cleaner at the regional facility, expressed her profound appreciation for the tireless efforts made by the police to reunite her with her baby, stating that her hope had waned during the distressing episode. END