JUST IN: Police parade child traffickers in Abia

The Abia State Police Command, yesterday, paraded two suspected child traffickers, Chinwendu Mbogu, and her sister Uzoamaka Mbogu, while their male accomplice, Prince Onyeukwu Onyeze, was said to be at large.

Parading the suspects before journalists, Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Adamu, represented by the Police Public Relation Officer, Geophrey Ogbonna, said the female suspects were residing in Adamawa State from where they suddenly came home with two babies which they claimed were theirs.

According to the police, the suspects claimed the babies, eight months and three weeks respectively were sick and took them to a hospital in Aba for medical treatment.

Police said after the babies had been treated and discharged, the self-acclaimed mothers could however, not foot the medical bills.

As the stalemate dragged on, the male suspect, Onyeze surfaced, and claimed to be the husband of Chinwendu, saying he was still gathering money to pay the bill.

But suspecting a foul play, the hospital management contacted the police but before the arrival of police, Onyeze had bolted away.

According to police, the purported mothers upon interrogation, confessed that the three weeks old baby was stollen by Onyeze from a cottage hospital at Mabelewa in Adamawa State.

Police said the family of the stolen baby had been contacted while efforts were on, to track down the fleeing male suspect.

Paraded also, were three male suspects who were allegedly caught with stolen unregistered tricycles at Aba enroute Kano State.

According to police, the suspects, Sampson Hakila, Yakubu Abu, and Mohamed Shaibu, upon interrogation, confessed that the tricycles were stolen from Port Harcourt, and that they were taking them to one Basha at 9th Mile Enugu from where they would be ferried to Kano.

Police vowed that criminals would not be allowed any breeding ground in Abia State, and pleaded with members of the public not to relent in volunteering useful information that might assist security agents track down hoodlums.