The Police Command in Ebonyi has detained a middle-aged man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for N1.5 million. Onwe, a native of Nwezenyi-Igbeagu Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended when his would-be wife, Philomena Iroko, alerted her neighbour, who informed the police of the husband’s action. The…
The police command in Ondo has rescued a four-year-old girl, Jesinta Sunday, who was sold for ₦3.7 million in Asaba. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Akure, adding that two suspects had been arrested. He stated that the case began on February 3, 2025, when a…
Two nurses and a serving female soldier have been arrested in Cross River State over the alleged theft and sale of a newborn baby in Akamkpa Local Government Area. The suspects identified as Ndifon Nelly Ekpu, 45, and Obi Mary Baken, 38, both nurses, and W/Sgt. Aisha Yakubu of the Nigerian Army were arrested after…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a woman who drugged the mother of a two-month-old baby boy using juice and fled with the child. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Abaniwonda, who disclosed this yesterday during a briefing at the command’s headquarters, Asaba, said the baby had been rescued and reunited…
Five suspects – one man and four women – have been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly stealing and selling a two-week-old baby of 16-year-old girl for N3 million. Lagos Police Command spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundey in a statement on Thursday said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the State Criminal Investigation…
Yesterday, Southwest Security Network codenamed Amotekun reportedly busted a sex trafficking syndicate in Ogun state. According to Trending Ex, the syndicate lure kids and use them as sex slaves charging customers as low as ₦1k per session. 14yr old victim said they brought her from Akwa Ibom on the promise’s that she’ll work as a…
The Imo state police command says its operatives have arrested Onyinyechi Emeka, a 40-year-old woman, for trying to sell her sister’s child for N30,000. Henry Okoye, the command’s spokesperson, said in a statement issued on Monday that the suspect was intercepted on February 7 at Okigwe en route to Ebonyi state with the five-year-old boy….