EVIL! TWO WOMEN CAUGHT FOR BUYING A DAY OLD TWINS

UGOCHUKWU EKE, OWERRI

The Imo state police command has arrested two women, Chizoba Eze and Amaka Eze, for allegedly buying newborn twins, Emmanuel and Emmanuela, for N1.8m in Umuahia, Abia State capital.

The women, who were said to be from Enugu State, were paraded by the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Andrew Enwerem, who said the suspects were intercepted on Owerri-Aba Road.

The police spokesperson decried the rise in abduction of children, saying that there was a coordinated operation by the state command to eradicate the anomaly and that they will not stop until sustainable result is achieved.

Emwerem said, “In our ongoing onslaught against child trafficking, operatives of the command have rescued newborn twins from suspected child traffickers who were stolen from Umuahia, Abia state.

“The twins a boy and a girl were rescued along Owerri-Aba Road following a coordinated operation by the command which yielded the results you are seeing and we are determined to continue to put a stop to this dastardly act”.

“The suspects who impersonated the mother of the twins have made useful statements and we will charge them to court at the end of investigation to find out those who are behind them”.

The PPRO advised parents to be mindful of those they leave their children with,  saying child trafficking was an absurdity which is not only against the culture of the country but also against the laws of the land.

Enwerem praised the Inspector-General of Police’s efforts through community policing which he said that has been the result which led to the crackdown on child traffickers in the state.

The Imo state police spokesman accused the six other women that were paraded of being in the business of buying and selling of children, stressing that efforts are in motion to find out those who are behind them.

He said that operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state police command rescued nine children stolen from their parents and guardians in Owerri and Benin by the suspects .

He said, “On August 15, on Douglas Road Owerri, FSARS operatives, led by Banjoko Oluwemimo an Assistant Superintendent of Police, acting on reliable information, arrested two suspects, Chioma Emeka ( 34 ), of Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State and Happiness Peter (22 ) of Iyala Ogoja LGA of Cross River State”.

Enwerem said that other suspects were arrested in Imo, Edo and Lagos states, while their victims (children) were rescued.

He gave the names of the suspects as Theresa Asiegbu, Chioma Emeka, Happiness Peter, Martina Nwadike and Martha Ojimba.

The police spokesperson also gave the names of the rescued children as Somtochukwu Obiduba, Kosarachi Obiduba, Onyinyechi Okpala, Divine Anyaka, Wunmi Habeeb, Chisere Nwadike and Ndubuisi.

Enwerem said, “Immediately the suspects steal a child, they will change his or her name to erase suspicion. So parents and guardians, whose children are missing, are advised to report to the Public Relations Department of the Imo State Police Command for the identification and collection of their children.

One of the suspects, Eze, said she paid N1.8m through an arrangement, called sceptic pregnancy, to have the twins, while another suspect, Ojimba, confessed that she sold one of the babies for N300,000.

A man, whose two children were handed over to him during the parade, Mike Nkwo, said they were stolen on their way to a coaching class in 2015 and thanked the Imo state police command for recovering his children