Child Traffickers Apprehended In Imo State

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A syndicate that specialize in stealing and selling children have been apprehended by operatives of the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command.

The suspects, identified as Kelechi Nwogu and Ebuka Ibe, both 22 years old, were arrested following a tip-off by a concerned citizen.

The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Austin Evbakhavbokum, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on some of the arrests made by his command recently.

The commissioner stated that the two suspects abducted two siblings namely Chukwuma Ezeribe (male) aged 4 and Chigozie Ezeribe (male) aged 3, while returning from school at Amazu Amato in the Orsu Local Government Area.

“The two victims were being conveyed by the suspects to a prospective buyer before operatives pursued and arrested them,” Evbakhavbokum said.

The state police commissioner according to Punch further stated that a search conducted in the house of one of the suspects, Ebuka Ibe, showed that he had one locally-made revolver pistol with one round of 99mm live ammunition, one locally-made short gun with one line cartridge, one locally-made single barrel gun and two big iron cutters.

The commissioner appealed to members of the public to always cooperate with the security outfit in its efforts to rid the state of undesirable elements and inform the police of any unwholesome activities going on around their surroundings.

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