A police officer has shocked many people with his unbelievably criminal act after snatching a baby at gunpoint.
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One Uche Odoemena, a Police Corporal, has been arrested for
snatching a newborn baby at gunpoint from its mother. The man proceeded
to sell it for N600,000.
According to The Authority, Odoemena, who allegedly committed the
offence in Anambra State, serves in the Imo State Command of the
Nigeria Police.
Officials of the Imo State Police Command, who confirmed the
incident said that the Police Commissioner, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, is
leaving no stone unturned to unravel how Odoemena sold the baby he
stole.
Odoemena has already been dismissed after an orderly room trial and has been remanded in police custody.
The Authority reports that Odoemena, popularly called the “Prince”, was attached to the Okigwe Area Command of Imo State.
A source who sought anonymity said that Odoemena, who is married
to a fellow officer, Sergeant Cynthia Odoemena, had in the past been
accused of human trafficking but without proof.
The source said that Odoemena allegedly snatched the new born baby
at gunpoint from the yet-to-be identified mother in Anambra State and
sold it for N600,000.
It was further gathered that men of the Anambra State Police
Command tracked Odoemena down and arrested him following a complaint by
the baby’s mother.
The Anambra Police Command later handed him over to the Okigwe Police Area Command.
It was gathered that the Imo State Police boss has ordered that
Odoemena should be dismissed and be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent
to others.
When The Authority contacted the Imo command’s spokesperson, DSP Andrew Enwerem, he said: “Just hold on, we are going to address the press very soon.”
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