Police arrest child trafficking suspects, armed robbers in A’Ibom
Ini Billie, Uyo
Two child trafficking suspects, one Christiana Uwem Ibanga and her boyfriend, Inyene Etuk Akpan have been arrested for selling a six-year-old child.
The suspects who confirmed to have sold their own child for N450,000 in 2024, sold off their six-year-old victim in Aba, Abia State to an unidentified buyer.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Command, DSP Timfon John, stated this on Wednesday in Uyo during a press briefing where various suspects accused of burglary, theft, armed robbery and those in possession of illicit and hard drugs were paraded, alongside some of the recovered stolen items.
John stated that police investigators have extended their operations to Aba in pursuit of the buyer and the child, adding that the perpetrators would soon be apprehended.
“On 15th June 2024, a woman (name withheld) of Afaha Atai Village in Ibesikpo Asutan LGA reported that one Christiana Uwem Ibanga, a female resident of Ekamba Nsukara Village in Uyo LGA, lured her six-year-old daughter, (name withheld) and took her to an unknown destination.
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“Acting promptly on credible intelligence, our operatives immediately swung into action and arrested one Christiana Uwem Ibanga and her accomplice who is her boyfriend named Inyene Etuk Akpan, on 14th January 2025 in Abuja.
“During interrogation, the suspects admitted to selling their own child in May 2024 for ₦450,000 with the assistance of one Saviour Aniedi, ‘m’.
“Christiana further confessed to conspiring with Saviour Aniedi and his wife to steal the complainant’s child, who was later sold in Aba, Abia State, to an unidentified buyer. On 23rd January 2025, investigators extended their operations to Aba in pursuit of the buyer and the child,” she stated. The PRO warned criminals to stay out of the state as the Commissioner of Police, Baba Mohammed Azare would not negotiate with criminals but get them arrested and prosecuted.
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