IZUNNA OKAFOR
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have busted a notorious child trafficking syndicate perpetrating different heinous crimes in the state.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the Command’s Headquarters in Amawbia.
According to him, the gallant officers also arrested a fake medical doctor, Mr. Daniel Ikebuilo, in the process of the operation, and also rescued ten (10) children looking malnourished, who were locked up in an apartment at Inland-town, Onitsha, including a 6-year-old child who was declared missing sometime in 2024.
Addressing newsmen on the breakthrough, CP Orutugu reiterated the Command’s commitment to protecting vulnerable children and combating human trafficking in the State.
His words: “Police Operatives attached to 3-3 Divisional Headquaters on an intelligence-led information investigation on 15/2/2025 arrested one Mr. Odinakachukwu Okorie, Ifunanya Ogbonna (female) and a fake medical doctor, Mr. Daniel Ikebuilo, and rescued ten (10) malnourished-looking children in an apartment in Inland-town Onitsha.”
“The Divisional Police Headquarters have been monitoring one of the alleged suspects Odinakachukwu in the area on the receipt of a report on 28/07/2024 about a missing 6-year-old boy in the neighbourhood. The Operatives, having enough evidence, quickly arrested Odinakachukwu Okorie on the receipt of the second complaint on 13/2/2025 of a missing 5-year-old girl in the same area.”