A child trafficking syndicate which allegedly stole and sold a child for N355,000 has been busted by the police.
The police rescued the male child who was stolen by the syndicate from his mother in a market in Ebonyi state in March and sold in Anambra State.
Ebonyi Police spokesperon Loveth Odah in a statement released on Friday May 13, said the child was recovered in Anambra State through a painstaking investigation by the command’s detectives spanning almost one month.
It read;
“On the 11th day of April, 2022, a case of stolen child was reported to Ebonyi State Police Command by one Okeh Nkemdiri ‘f’ against one Uchechukwu Ebenyi age 27yrs ‘m’ of Amukpa Okengwu Ezilo in Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi State alleging that on the 21st March, 2022, at about 1200hrs she went to their Local market with her 4yrs old son Okeh Makoochukwu whom she suddenly discovered was no longer seen.
“She immediately raised alarm in the market but all efforts to trace her son Makoochukwu whereabout proved abortive.”
Upon being alerted, Police detectives swung into action and arrested the suspect, Uchechukwu Ebenyi.
