No fewer than four suspected child trafficking syndicates have been arrested in Igwuruta and Omagwa, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of Rivers State. It was learnt that at least 10 girls, most of whom are pregnant, including teenagers found in two of the locations raided were rescued. This was contained in statement released on Tuesday by the Rivers State Police Command’s Spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko in Port Harcourt, noting that the feat followed a tip off which the command immediately acted upon and raided the two locations housing the victims.
Nigerian Police Bust Child Traffickers, Rescue 10 Victims Including Pregnant Teenagers in Rivers StateIt was learnt that at least 10 girls, most of whom are pregnant, including teenagers found in two of the locations raided were rescued.
This was contained in statement released on Tuesday by the Rivers State Police Command’s Spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko in Port Harcourt, noting that the feat followed a tip off which the command immediately acted upon and raided the two locations housing the victims. The statement read, “On Saturday January 7, 2023, at about 1645hrs acting on credible intelligence available to the Rivers State Police Command, C4I Intelligence Unit Operatives, raided two houses at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, where victims of child trafficking were being kept.
“The victims rescued in the operation are ten, most of them pregnant. They include; Gift Saviour ‘F’ 19 yrs from Umudioga Community in Ikwere Local Government Area, Favour Charles ‘F’ 23yrs from Abale Community in Obingwa LGA of Abia State. "Investigations so far revealed that when the victims are delivered off their babies, the syndicate leader would keep the babies and pay the victim a sum of N500,000. Some of the babies previously delivered had been sold out.
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