The Edo State Police Command has rescue
a two year old girl, Miss Christabel Omokpia, sold for N850, 000.
Christabel was sold in Enugu State
at about N850, 000 by an orphanage in Rivers State. She was said to be two
years old when she and her sister, Amanda were stolen.
Both sisters were stolen in Utesi
village, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state by two female
tenants of their father in June 2018.
The girls were stolen after their
mother, Mrs Faith, left them in the care of the two female tenants, Mary and
Rose. The ladies would later disappear with the children.
Christabel was first sold for N450,
000 and later resold for N500, 000 to Ogechi Favour. She was sold again for
N850, 000 to Anioke Augustine in Enugu State.
A relation of Christabel, identified
as Beauty, said that the family was happy to get her back. Beauty,
however, expressed worry that Christabel couldn’t recognized her parents again.
Sources close to the state police
command said she was reunited with her family on Wednesday night. One of the
sources said Anioke adopted Christabel without due process.
The Edo State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Chidi
Nwabuzor, said it was the Edo State Commissioner of Police (CP), Danmallam Abubakar
that ordered for the rescue of the child.
Nwabuzor said: “The search for
Christabel took police operatives from Benin to Delta, Anambra, River, Imo and
Enugu states. Four suspects, earlier arrested in connection with the missing
children, were already in prisons in Ondo and Edo states. We’re also doing
everything possible to rescue Amanda. Our investigations showed that the woman
that bought Amanda took her to Ogwas-Chikwu in Delta State.”
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