Mr Bakori said, “The command urges the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious behaviour. Emergency hotlines for the command are 08032600299, 08032600300, and 08032600301.”
The 49-year-old suspect fled with the baby after the drugged 20-year-old mother fell asleep, the police said.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed to being members of a secret cult and a kidnapping gang,” said a police spokesman.
“The woman had a deep cut on her head, suspected to be from a machete, while the child was lifeless on the bed,” the police said.
The police spokesman in Ebonyi, Joshua Ukandu, however, said the command was only aware of the killing of a woman on February 17.
