{"id":153224,"date":"2025-02-27T21:29:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo"},"modified":"2025-02-27T23:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:33:21","slug":"police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo","title":{"rendered":"Police nab two child trafficking suspects, rescue victims in Imo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child theft and trafficking, rescuing two children in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests were made in separate operations carried out by different units of the command.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement issued by the command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, revealed that detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, arrested one woman, Confidence Odoh, 32, from Umuanyo Eziobodo, Owerri West LGA, for the abduction of her former neighbour\u2019s three-year-old son, Nzubechi Udodiri. The child was taken on 1st February 2025 while playing in their compound.<\/p>\n<p>Okoye further disclosed that in another operation, operatives of the Safer Highway Unit, while conducting a stop-and-search along the Owerri-Aba Expressway, apprehended a woman, Eze Chika, 45, a native of Obiokwara Umualoma, Ideato North LGA, who was found with a suspected stolen four-year-old child.<\/p>\n<p>During the preliminary investigation, the suspect initially claimed the child was hers but later admitted to purchasing the child from a suspected child trafficking syndicate in Aba for the sum of N1.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>Okoye added that, in an attempt to evade arrest, the suspect offered the officers a N1 million bribe, which was rejected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officers proceeded with the lawful arrest and ensured the safe rescue of the child. Further investigations revealed possible links to a larger trafficking network, and more arrests are expected. Efforts are underway to identify the child\u2019s biological parents,\u201d Okoye stated.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the recent arrests demonstrate the command\u2019s commitment to combating child trafficking and other organised crimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child theft and trafficking, rescuing two children in the process. The arrests were made in separate operations carried out by different units of the command. A press statement issued by the command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, revealed that detectives from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":153222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1018,254,165],"class_list":["post-153224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-imo","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police nab two child trafficking suspects, rescue victims in Imo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child theft and trafficking, rescuing two c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police nab two child trafficking suspects, rescue victims in Imo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child theft and trafficking, rescuing two c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T20:29:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T22:33:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740679822.290302.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police nab two child trafficking suspects, rescue victims in Imo\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T20:29:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-27T22:33:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740679822.290302.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Imo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-nab-two-child-trafficking-suspects-rescue-victims-in-imo\",\"name\":\"Police nab two child trafficking suspects, rescue victims in Imo - 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