Delta Police Arrests Suspected Child Traffi’ckers, Rescues Two-Year-Old Child
…Arrest Notorious Cultist, Recovers One Cut-to-size Gu,n
The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Mallam Sa’ad Ahmed Baba ‘m’ aged 57yrs of no. 12 Lagos Street, cable point Asaba and Halima Abubakar ‘f’ aged 25ys of Jaret cable point Asaba, for their alleged involvement in traffi’cking a two-year old pupil.
The arrest was a followed up complaint by Jaret resident in Asaba, who said her child, Ridwan Ibrahim ‘m’ aged 2yrs went missing while playing with other children in the compound of her sister that she visited.
The command, who arrested the duo on August 03, 2023, rescued the child at Issele-Asagba, Delta State, where the alleged traffi’ckers hid him.
According to a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Edafe Bright, Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass psc, “detailed operatives of SIB to embark on an intelligence-led investigation after it received an information about a missing child on August 02, 2023, in Asaba.
Edafe said the team swung into action after it analyzed the phone conversation of some suspected persons which led the arrest of the suspects and rescue of the two-year pupil.
He added that the “DPO Orerokpe received information that one Ifeoma Sunday ‘m’ A’K’A COCO, a suspected notorious cultist who has been terrorizing Aghalokpe community and also wanted for his involvement in an earlier reported case of attempted murder, Arson, Armed Robbery, was sighted in the community parading with a gu’n.
According to him, “the DPO Orerokpe mobilized and led patrol teams to the community where the suspect was arrested and one locally made cut-to-size single-barrel gu’n, one expended cartrid`ge were recovered from him. The suspect and exhibit are in custody while investigation is ongoing.”
He added that the “CP Wale abass urges parents and guardians to be cautious and pay close attention to their children and wards in other not to fall victim while assuring residents that the Command will not allow these criminal syndicates to thrive in the State.
“The CP therefore calls for support from members of the public especially in the area of providing credible, timely, and useful information that will aid in crime fighting to the Police,” the statement read.