The police in Abia State have busted a child stealing syndicate and recovered a three-month old baby.
A statement by the spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna said the criminals were arrested by detectives attached to Ogbor Hill Police Divisional Headquarters, Aba.
Two female members – Chinemerem Isaiah, 20, from Nkanu, and Chioma Mark, 14, from Umuobiakwa in Obingwa council, Enugu State, were arrested for allegedly being in possession of the baby. According to the statement, Isaiah and Mark were intercepted after the child’s mother, Rose, reported to the police, and subsequent cordoning of possible exit routes.
Ogbonna said the command is working to arrest and prosecute other members of the gang.
The statement also said two persons – Ezinne Obiah, 17, and Abigail Udofia, 18, of Obingwa and Bende councils, were arrested for allegedly selling their babies to a Port Harcourt-based woman, Esther Arukwe.
One of the babies, a three-month-old, has been recovered from one of the illegal buyers.
The statement added that a notorious kidnapper, Christian Nnalue, has been arrested by detectives at Ndiegoro Police Division.
Nnalue was arrested in a hotel after a tip off. Investigation into the matters were said to be ongoing and the suspects to be arraigned before courts as soon as investigations were concluded.
