The Abia State police command has expressed concern over the high rate of child trafficking in the state.
The alarm is coming at a time the command arrested one Mr. Onyekachi Ekwelum, who allegedly sold his six-month-old son to raise funds to process his travel documents.
The commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Usman Abubakar Tilli, who disclosed this to journalists said the suspect would be appearing before a magistrate in court to defend his action.
The suspect, allegedly hatched and executed the act without the consent of the wife, but the lid was blown off by his 20-year-old spouse, Ozioma when she could not find their son and reported the matter to the police. Prior to the incident, her husband had wanted to travel to Greece. It was gathered that the police mounted a manhunt that led to the rescue of the child and the apprehension of the suspects.
The Commissioner recalled that on March 4 this year, one Mr Chidiebere Samuel of Ovungwu in IsialaNgwa south Local government area and his wife Odinaka Samuel connived with a nurse Monica Benjamin who delivered her baby girl and sold the child at N150, 000.
He described such acts as inhuman, stating that the suspects in the criminal transaction have been apprehended and charged to an Umuahia Magistrate court. In another development, he also disclosed that a one Mr. Oluchukwu Ogidi from Amoji Isiala Ngwa North Local Government reported that his wife Kelechi on March 16 connived with one Dr Williams Oruwa who delivered her baby and sold the newborn baby boy for N350. The commissioner further disclosed that the suspects had since been arrested and charged to court.
He said that on the course of investigation three pregnant women allegedly harboured by the suspect possibly to have their babies sold after delivery were discovered.
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