The Anambra Police Command reported the apprehension of a couple suspected of trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that the interception occurred at Bridgehead in Onitsha on Sunday.
During their journey in a luxury bus owned by a popular transport company, a co-passenger noticed that the mother could not feed the baby despite its cries for food. In response to the complaint, the police waited for the luxury bus and intercepted it in the evening. The couple and the baby were identified and brought in for questioning.
The woman confessed to purchasing the child for N30,000 from its mother in Ajah, Lagos. The Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, expressed gratitude to the citizen who provided information leading to the child’s rescue. He commended the police operatives for their vigilance and dedication to duty.
Following the directive of the Commissioner of Police, the couple was handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking of Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigation and prosecution. The baby was entrusted to the state Ministry of Women Affairs for care during the ongoing investigation.
