Men of the Nigeria Police Force
A Cameroonian couple (names withheld by the command) have been
arrested by the Cross River State command of Nigeria Immigration
Service.
They were arrested with a two-week-old baby boy suspected to have been stolen.
According to Punch Metro, the couple alleged that the baby was sold
to them by an unidentified child trafficker in the south western part
of Nigeria.
The state Comptroller of Immigration, Mrs. Funke Adeuyi, disclosed
in Calabar on Saturday that the suspects were arrested on August 10 at
the Nfum Control Post in Etung Local Government Area of the state by a
border patrol team.
Adeuyi said the suspects were arrested after the first line interrogation showed that their surnames did not tally.
Adeuyi said, “After searching their travelling documents, we
found out that their surnames did not tally. They also claimed to have
been married for 15 years. This gave us room for suspicion and further
investigation.
“Our next line of action is to hand them over to the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further
investigation into the matter.”
The state comptroller said that the order for the parade of the
suspects was given by the Comptroller-General of NIS, Mr. Mohammed
Babandede.
When interrogated, the female suspect insisted the baby was hers.
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