The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 11 suspected child traffickers in the state.
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No fewer than 11 suspected child trafficking syndicate that
specialised in trafficking babies, have been smashed by the
anti-kidnapping unit of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
Speaking with correspondents over weekend, the State Commissioner
of Police, Murtala Mani, revealed that a woman identified as Comfort
Edem, was arrested on October 13, following intelligence report that she
had been running an illegal maternity home for the purpose of trading
in children.
Mani, who spoke through the Police Public Relations Officer in the
state, Cordelia Nwawe, noted that the suspects sold the trafficked
children at N450,000 each.
According to him, “the suspects went after pregnant teenagers
and negotiated the prices of the unborn children with them and once the
babies were born, they would be given to the traffickers.
“Information at our disposal led to the interception of a
syndicate which traffic babies in Akwa Ibom. On October 13, the
anti-kidnapping unit intercepted a woman who owns an illegal maternity
home.
“She specialises in making sure that she takes in pregnant
teenagers. Once the babies are born, those babies are sold and
trafficked out of Akwa Ibom. As a matter of fact, the girls had reliably
informed us that this is not the first time they had sold their babies
for N450,000 each.”
He also said another syndicate, who sold children for N500,000
each, was also smashed, adding that the police had rescued a two-month
old girl who had been sold to a woman in Rivers State.
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