Child Trafficking: Police Rescue Four children Arrest Suspects

 

  The suspects Dr. Hagi and Ifesinachi

By

Awajis George 

Following a case of abduction reported to the police on September 9 2023  by One Ijeoma James  at Awalama Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt, that on the 16th of August one Promise came into their compound and stole her 4-year-old son Prosper James, all efforts to locate her child proved abortive.

Commissioner of police CP Nwonyi Emeka told Newsmen at the command's headquarters in Port Harcourt that police detective’s Special Area Division undercover swung into action by means of intelligence led policing and arrested one Ifesinachi Opara  which also led to the arrest of one Happiness Iheukwumere popularly known as Dr. Hagi, to whom he sold the child.

According to the Police Boss, further investigation also led to the recovery of three more children trafficked by Dr. Hagi from different locations of the country.

               CP Nwonyi Emeka 

 Three from Benue State, Benedict Kpaaka one year and seven month old, 

Godgift Julius 4 year old, and one Philomina  6 year old, all rescued from different locations in Port Harcourt where they had been sold.

CP Emeka added that investigation revealed that one Angel Shimeson  25 years old, from Makurdi who is still at large, is the supplier of the children to Dr. Hagi while effort is being intensified to arrest the culprit.