THEY SOLD HER FOR N300,000! Police arrest three baby sellers, rescue missing two-year-old girl
The Lagos State police command has arrested three female baby sellers for illegally obtaining a two-year-old girl.
According
to a statement by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP
Chike Oti, one of the sellers who is still at large, stole the child and
sold her for three hundred thousand Naira to one Ms. Uju Obieze,
female, 40, of No.8 Okwe road, Asaba, Delta state.
The two-year-old baby girl was kidnapped on May 1st 2018.
Police
revealed that the parent of the victim, Nwoagbo Ekene of 27 Test
Oluwale street, Olodi Apapa, reported the disappearance of the baby.
Oti
added that the officer in charge of the Anti-kidnapping Squad, SP Musa
Bulus, led the investigation that eventually led to the discovery of the
victim in Enugu State on September 14.
The statement reads in part,
“In
the course of the investigation, one Ms. Joy Okoye, 28, of No.64
Kirikiri street, Olodi Apapa was arrested in connection with the case.
“On
interrogation, the suspect revealed that she and one Amarachi (surname
unknown ), a female, who is still at large, stole the child and sold her
for three hundred thousand Naira (N300, 000) to one Ms. Uju Obieze,
female, 40, of No.8 Okwe road, Asaba, Delta state.
“Acting on
this revelation, detectives proceeded to Asaba and apprehended the said
Uju on September 13, 2018. The said Uju confessed to have bought the
child from Joy Okoye but added that the deal was done jointly with one
Ifeyinwa Ezene, female, 46, of No.2, Eze Bishop street, Onitsha, Anambra
state, where Ifeyinwa Ezene was apprehended and she confessed to the
crime by corroborating the statements of the other two suspects. She
added that the child had been resold to one Ifeoma Okoye, female, who
lives in Enugu.
“The trio led detectives to No.40, Amaechi street
off Agbani Road, Enugu, where, on September 14, 2018. The victim was
rescued from the relatives of the said Ifeoma Okoye, who had died a week
earlier.”
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