Police nab child trafficker, rescue victims in Anambra

A suspect (name withheld) who is allegedly a part of a group that specialises in kidnapping children and transporting them from Nigeria to adjacent nations like Ghana and the Benin Republic has been detained, according to the Anambra State Police Command. 

In a press release on Wednesday, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the command's spokesman, revealed this. 

Ikenga stated that the state's commissioner of police, CP Nnaghe Itam, expressed worry over the growing number of missing person complaints in the state, which prompted the arrest.

He said, “Anambra Police Command have in custody a suspect(name withheld), a member of a gang that specialises in child trafficking between the ages of 13 to 16 to neighbouring countries like Ghana, Benin Republic etc.

“The arrest is following the concern of the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, about the spate of reports of missing persons, especially within Okpoko, Onitsha and tasked the police operatives to nip such in the bud.”

He claims that the victim of child trafficking has been debriefed and safely repatriated to Nigeria from Accra, Ghana.

“The suspect is also currently undergoing interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka for possible rescue of other victims and arrest of other gang members,” he added.

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