Police Arrest Couple For Buying Two Toddlers
Police are calling on Nigerians to help them trace the parents of two children being trafficked by a couple but have since been rescued while the suspects have been arrested.
Lagos State Command Spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana said the suspect was seen along Alaba International Market with two children namely Joshua James, 6 and Samuel Gbawune, 3, trying to board a vehicle to Onitsha, Anambra State.
He added that while questioning the suspect, she claimed that the boys were adopted by her husband, one Chukwunonso Happiness, 40, from motherless babies home in Jos, Plateau State and brought to Lagos.
“She further claimed that she was taking them to Onitsha to meet her husband. On November 1, 2019, around 7.am, our operatives also arrested the said husband.
“He confessed to having bought the kids with the sum of N140, 000 from one Mama Oyo of Jos Township. The kids were recovered. Efforts are in place to identify their parents and reunite them.
The Command further calls on motor park operators, unions and well-meaning Nigerians to keep an eye on passengers with children that appear in a suspicious manner.
