Imo Police command has recorded another fit after smashing a syndicate that specializes in kidnapping and abducting children for child trafficking.
Based on a report by one Mr. Ossai Johnson who lives in Enugu that his two children taken to shoprite Enugu by his neighbor one kingsley Ehiedu to buy them meat pie and ice cream are yet to return home.
After painstaking investigation it was learnt that the said man kingsley took the children to Awo-omanma in Imo State, and the state command was contacted by the Enugu command who swung into action.
According release by Media adviser to the CP, CPS Mike Abatam, The children has been recovered and their abductors arrested as investigation is ongoing.
Below is the full release…
IMO STATE POLICE COMMAND
PRESS RELEASE
20TH JUNE, 2021.
POLICE IN IMO ARREST A SYNDICATE THAT SPECIALISE IN KIDNAPPING/ ABDUCTION AND CHILD TRAFFICKING.
In consonance with the mandate given to the operatives of the Command by the Inspector General of Police, IGP ALKALI BABA USMAN fdc, NPM, to fish out all criminal elements in the state and restore normalcy to the state and in tandem with the determination and directives of the commissioner of Police Imo state CP Abutu Yaro,fdc, to execute this mandate holistically in Imo State.
On 19th May, 2021 at about 1230 hours one Mr Ossai Johnson ‘M’ of Ngwo by Phinomar Road in Enugu State reported a case of missing children at the police Anti kidnapping Unit , Enugu. That his neighbour, one Kingsley Ehiedu ‘M’ of Ngwo Step ,Enugu left with his two children namely Ebuka Ossai and Oluomachi Ossai of the same address to Shoprite Enugu to buy them meat pie and ice cream.
When it became dark and she didn’t see them she had to report. After preliminary investigation it was discovered that Kingsley Ehiedu has ran away with the two children to Awomama in Oru East LGA of Imo state. Thus the Imo State Command was contacted and they swung into action. In the process the suspect Kingsley Ehiedu was arrested and his house searched. Recovered from him are as follows.
A bag containing the sum of two hundred thousand naira, one Airtel Sim card, nose mask three different bunches of keys and six GSM phones. when he was interrogation he confessed to have taken the stolen children to one Dr Innocent Onwudike of Unity Hospital Awomama in Oru East LGA of lmo State.
On getting there, the doctor has taken the two children to his sisters residence in Owerri keeping them for two weeks and bargained to pay one million naira for them. He later took the police team to his sister residence in Owerri, one Mrs Ada Precilia Oluaha ‘F’ of No. 27 Ngokpala Street Owerri , Imo State where he went and hide the two children.
On getting there the two children were recovered including one Ugonma Okerie Ruth, a little girl of four years . Investigation is still in progress to arrest the other members of the syndicate.
The Commissioner of police Imo Command , CP Abutu Yaro, fdc has commended the efforts of the men and urge them to sustain the tempo.
He also use this medium to warn all criminals who indulge in kidnapping/ trafficking of children to leave the state as the command has put in a robust strategy that will led to their arrest.
CSP MIKE ABATAM
Media Adviser
FOR: The Commissioner of Police,
Imo State Command