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Lovers in police net for allegedly selling their child for N450k

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Lovers in police net for allegedly selling daughter aged 6, suspects confess to crime

By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor

Police have announced the detention of a suspected child trafficking gang of a man and woman who confessed to having sold their own child last year after they were arrested in January 2025.

Christiana Ibanga and her boyfriend Inyene Akpan  were apprehended for allegedly selling their child for ₦450,000.

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Akwa Ibo Police Command Public Relations Officer DSP Timfon John, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, disclosed that the case was reported by a member of the public which led to the arrest of the suspects two weeks ago.

John narrated that police received intelligence report on 15 June 2024  that a woman had taken her six-year-old daughter to an undisclosed location.

“Acting promptly on credible intelligence, our operatives swung into action and arrested the suspects on January 14 in Abuja,” she said.

“During interrogation, the suspects admitted to selling their own child for ₦450,000 with the assistance of an ally, Saviour Aniedi, in May 2024.

“On January 23, our investigators extended their operations to Aba in Abia State in pursuit of the buyer and the missing child.”

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John disclosed that significant progress has been made in the case, assuring that  other suspects would soon be apprehended.

She also announced that

  • The command has intensified its crackdown on illicit drug dealers and criminal hideouts in the state.
  • A female suspect, Happiness George, was apprehended for allegedly selling Indian hemp and other illicit substances.
  • Two other women, Queen Umoren and Joy Chima, were nabbed with illicit drugs at a brothel in Ikot Ebong village, Odoro Ikot clan.

John warned criminals operating in Akwa Ibom to desist or face the full wrath of the law.

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