The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the theft of three children at Nkwagu village, opposite the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state.
The children, belonging to two separate mothers, were reportedly abducted at about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2026 by three yet-to-be-identified women who posed as prospective tenants.
Narrating her ordeal, one of the victims, Mrs. Happiness Ofunna Gladys, said the suspects had arrived at the compound the previous night, held discussions with the landlord and were allowed to spend the night in one of the vacant rooms.
“I went to the market early that morning to buy goods for my business. While at the market, I received a distress call that my two children had been stolen. I immediately rushed back home and met people gathered, discussing what had happened,” she said.
“From what my neighbours told me, the same three women who spent the night in our compound were responsible. They took my two children, a boy and a girl, both between one and two years old. I am still shocked that people could come into a neighbourhood solely to steal children without arousing suspicion.”
