The suspected leader of a human trafficking syndicate, simply identified as Ngozi, and seven members of the gang were arrested yesterday by policemen attached to Awada Police Division in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The suspects include a nurse, who allegedly acts as an intermediary between the traffickers and the buyers.
According to a police source, who pleaded for anonymity, the traffickers have an operational base in Okigwe, Imo State, from where Ngozi comes to Onitsha to allegedly steal children, after luring them with gifts. The source said Ngozi had been on the watch list of the police.
He said: “The woman normally steals the children from their homes on Saturdays when their parents are out. She pretends to be a relative and takes the victims to Imo State, where they are sold to people looking for children.”
The source said the police acted on a tip-off and rescued five children, who are between six months and two years, from the gang’s hide-out.
Four of the children have been reunited with their parents.
The source said Ngozi has given information that would assist the police in rescuing the children that have been sold.
He said two children have been rescued from Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, where they had been adopted by unsuspecting Nigerians.
They were rescued six months after they were stolen from Nkpo and Obosi in Onitsha.
Police spokesman Emeka Chukwuemeka said he was yet to be briefed on the arrest, but a Director in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mr. Emeka Ejide, confirmed the arrests.
via The Nation
http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/44432-eight-suspected-human-traffickers-held-in-anambra.html
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