Uyo—THE Akwa
Ibom State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 11 suspected child
traffickers in the state
Commissioner
of Police, CP, Mr. Murtala Mani, weekend, said a syndicate that specialised in
trafficking babies was smashed by the anti-kidnapping unit of the force.
According to him, a woman, Comfort Edem, was arrested on October 13, following
intelligence report that she had been running an illegal maternity home for the
purpose of trading in children.
Mani, who spoke through the Police Public
Relations Officer in the state, Cordelia Nwawe, noted that the suspects sold
the trafficked children at N450,000 each. According to him, “the suspects went
after pregnant teenagers and negotiated the prices of the unborn children with
them and once the babies were born, they would be given to the traffickers.
“Information at our disposal led to the interception of a syndicate which
traffic babies in Akwa Ibom. On October 13, the anti-kidnapping unit
intercepted a woman who owns an illegal maternity home.
“She specialises in
making sure that she takes in pregnant teenagers. Once the babies are born,
those babies are sold and trafficked out of Akwa Ibom. As a matter of fact, the
girls had reliably informed us that this is not the first time they had sold
their babies for N450,000 each.”
He also said another syndicate, who sold children
for N500,000 each, was also smashed, adding that the police had rescued a
two-month old girl who had been sold to a woman in Rivers State.Vanguard
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