Nigeria’s Rivers State Police Command has arrested a
17-year-old boy, identified as Noble Uzuchi over the impregnation of 10
ladies.
According to the
law enforcement authorities, the two suspects, and two other ladies, Favour
Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40 were allegedly running a baby factory.
Pulse.ng reports
the Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko as saying
that the arrests were carried out following a tipoff.
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In a statement,
the police boss said that the four suspects operated in the Obio/Akpor and
Ikwerre local government areas of the state before their arrest.
She added that
the 10 pregnant ladies had been rescued by officers after the raid and arrest
of the suspects.
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“On Saturday,
January 7, 2023, around 4.45 pm, 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,” Iringe-Koko, a
Superintendent of Police said in the statement.
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She disclosed
that investigations found that when a victim delivered of her baby, the
syndicate leader kept the child and paid her a sum of N500,000 and that some of
the babies previously delivered in the houses had been sold.
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“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 has
been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for
further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.
Meanwhile,
efforts are underway to track and arrest the buyers of the children already
sold to answer for their crimes.
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