A maid, Cynthia Shamang,
has been arrested in Kaduna for absconding with Amarachi, the one-year-old baby
of her employer, Mrs. Kachi Mbagwu.
The 17-year old was
arrested alongside her father in Kaduna and handed over to the police in Abuja.
Cynthia was apprehended
by the police on Wednesday in Kaduna. She fled with Amarachi on December 10,
2016 after her boss went for the annual Shiloh service at the Living Faith
Church, Dutse Alhaji, Kubwa, some kilometres away.
Mbagwu told Northern
City News on Thursday that the maid abandoned Amarachi at a deserted garden in
Kaduna, saying the baby cried throughout the night, adding that a security
guard around the area rescued her the next morning.
It was learnt that the
guard was afraid to rescue the child that night because the garden was known be
infested with snakes and other dangerous animals.
The relieved mother
stated that Cynthia had barely spent three days with her when she absconded
with her daughter.
She said she returned
from the church to find the house deserted and her daughter and the maid
nowhere to be found.
“We circulated the
incident on WhatsApp and other social media platforms asking people to assist
in finding the girl. We later learnt that a security guard who heard my baby’s
cries at a deserted garden rescued her the next morning and took her to the NTA
station in Kaduna which broadcast it,” she narrated, adding that she was
contacted by those who identified her child.
Mbagwu said Amarachi
was in good condition, noting that she was however dehydrated. “I am about
taking her to the hospital for check-up, but she seems alright,” she said.
Asked the reason
Cynthia gave for her action, she said, “The maid said she didn’t want to work as
a maid anymore and that she went away with my child because she didn’t want to
leave the girl alone in the house.”
The Federal Capital
Territory police spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the arrest of the maid,
saying investigation had commenced into the matter.
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