A 17-year-old boy with name Noble Uzuchi, and his accomplice, 29-year-old Chigozie Ogbonna have been arrested by operatives of Rivers Police Command for impregnating 10 ladies, in the process, running a baby factory.
Two other ladies, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40 were also arrested by the police for being part of the syndicate.
The Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement said the four suspects operated in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state.
Iringe-Koko noted that the suspects were arrested following a tip-off, adding that the 10 pregnant ladies had been rescued.
“On Saturday, January 7, 2023, around 4.45pm, while acting on credible intelligence available to the Rivers State Police Command, C4I Intelligence Unit operatives raided two houses at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, where victims of child trafficking were being kept. “The victims rescued in the operation are 10, most of them pregnant” the police spokesperson said in a statement.
Iringe-Koko said investigations revealed that when a victim delivered her baby, the syndicate leader kept the child and paid her a sum of N500,000, adding that some of the babies previously delivered in the houses had been sold.
She said, “All the victims confessed that they were lured to the illicit sales of children because of the need to meet some financial challenges. A Honda Pilot Jeep, white, was recovered from the syndicate leader.”
The case, Iringe-Koko, she noted had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for investigation, and efforts were being intensified to track and arrest the buyers of the children already sold.
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