Police nab 2 mothers, couple, nurses over child trafficking
BY EMMA AMAIZE ASABA—POLICE in Delta State have smashed a child trafficking/kidnap gang, including two mothers, a couple and nurses. Five of the suspects were arrested by the police at Akwukwu-Igbo in Oshimili North Local Government Area. Two members of the gang, operating on a motorcycle, last Monday, abducted a one year, four-month-old boy, while he was playing with other children in Atuma community, near Akwukwu-Igbo. Some of the vigilant residents, however, recognised one of the abductors who was from a neighbouring community. He was released from jail about two months ago, where served term for a similar incident. Vanguard gathered that the Divisional Police Officer, Akwukwu-Igbo Police Station, acting on a tip-off, asked his men to storm the residence of the principal suspect, who escaped through the window on seeing the police. He was shot on the leg as he tried to disarm a police officer and arrested. At the time of this report, the 19-year-old suspect was receiving treatment ...