Rev. Egbochiogum (right), his wife, Ugo ( middle),Mba
A 71- year old retired pastor of a
pentecostal church in Abriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia
State, Rev. Chima Egbochiogum, and his wife, Ugo, have been arrested for
an alleged illegal adoption of a baby.
Commissioner of Police, Joshak Habila,
who paraded the couple in Umuahia, alongside other suspects in
connection with the incident, alleged they bought a stolen baby.
More after the cut......................................
The police boss said the pastor and his
wife were nabbed following a confession by a notorious child trafficker
who was arrested last month for human trafficking.
According to him, the child trafficker,
identified simply as Ekwutosi, stole an 11-month-old baby girl belonging
to a 21- year -old pregnant mother, who he had pretended to assist.
He
said Ekwutosi had approached the young woman, who had a baby out of
wedlock, with promise that he would secure a job opportunity for her.
The excited woman was said to have left her baby in the custody of Ekwotosi when she went to buy food for her.
“But by the time the mother returned, Ekwutosi had disappeared with the baby,” the police commissioner said.
According to Habila, the suspect was
later intercepted by the police at Owerrinta when he was allegedly
trafficking pregnant girls to Port Harcourt.
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