Police in Akwa Ibom bust a child trafficking syndicate involving seven suspects and recoverd two children sold off for money.
One is a five-month-old baby sold off to a medical doctor by his mother Grace Asuquo Davis, and a four-year-old.
“The transaction was perfected through two human trafficking agents, one Clement Edem ‘m’ and Ekaette Okon Akpan ‘f’. The said doctor was arrested and he confessed to the offence, and led the Police to the arrest of one Hope Jonah ‘f’, a lab scientist working at General Hospital, Calabar who bought the child from him,” said Akwa Ibom police spokesperson, CSP N-Nudam Fredrick.
“On further interrogation, Hope Jonah ‘f’ confessed to the offence and also led the Police to the Nigerian Army Barracks, Ebrutu, Calabar where one Mrs. Patience Livingstone was arrested and the baby was recovered.
“Patience Livingstone on her part admitted that her husband Livingstone Orji bought the child at the cost of six hundred and N660,000 from the lab scientist, Hope Jonah Offor ‘f’,” the release stated.
The suspects were arrested in Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State and Calabar in Cross River State, and the case was still being investigated pending arraignment.
