Two Stolen Babies Reunited With Parents In Imo State

 

Two babies abducted from their mothers a few hours after they were born have been successfully rescued and returned to their parents by the Imo State Police Command.

Presenting the babies to their mothers at the Police Headquarters, Mrs Elizabeth Okosun, Head of the Anti-human Trafficking Unit of the Imo State Police Command, said the police was able to rescue one of the babies after a tip-off by a commercial tricycle rider who suspected the shady behavior of the suspects when they boarded his tricycle in attempt to travel with the baby to another state.

"The tricycle rider who suspected that the baby must have been stolen, dropped them at the Young Shall Grow Motor Park on their way to Lagos. He then ran to the police station " Okosun said

According to Mr Daniel Duruji, father of one the babies, who narrated how the child was stolen,

"Armed robbers came to the maternity around 6.30am and took away the child with a gun. They shot their gun and took away the child from my wife"

As for 24 years old student, Vivien Iwuji, she said she was deceived by her sister-in-law who promised to help her take care of her child while she studied not knowing the woman wanted to sell her baby

Speaking at the reunion ceremony, the state's police commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali, pledged to rid the state of child traffickers. He said three suspects have been arrested in connection with the issue and appealed to religious and community leaders to give the police information if any woman or family without prior notice of pregnancy is seen with a new baby.