Woman steals children in 4 states, arrested
FILE: Some rescued children
Published By: Isa Isawade
By Christian Ogbonna
The Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested a woman who specialises in abducting and selling children and rescued no fewer than six of the children.
The woman, Ngozi Blessing Abia, also known as Mercy Francis, has carried out her nefarious activities in Lagos, Ebonyi, Anambra and Edo.
Investigation into her activities began in January 2024 when one Nkwuda Francis reported that the woman, who posed as a member of the National Youth Service Corps, had kidnapped his two young children.
DSP Joshua Ukandu, Spokesman of the Command said in a statement on Tuesday in Abakaliki, that the children were later found in Anambra, where she sold them.
โHe complained that his children were kidnapped from his house at Nwezenyi Igbeagu, Izzi local government area of Ebonyi after the suspect rented a room in the compound.
โThe children, aged 3 and 7, were later found to have been taken by Ngozi Blessing-Abia, which was revealed to be the suspectโs true identity.
โFollowing a diligent investigation by officers attached to the gender unit of the command, the suspect was located in Oba, Anambra, where the children were rescued and returned to their family.โ
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Ukandu added that two women, Lovina Iwuorah and Ndifereke Wisdom Clement, whose children were abducted in Ohaozara, Ebonyi, had identified the suspect as the conspirator.
He said that she sold their three children to an orphanage home in Benin, Edo.
โThe proprietor of the orphanage has been detained and is providing valuable information to the police,โ the command spokesman said.
โAdditionally, one Chinasa Uwezoke from Lagos, upon learning of the arrest, visited the command and identified the suspect as someone, who had gained her trust and subsequently took her three children to the market, only to flee with her 3-year-old son.โ
The command spokesman said that the boy was later recovered from where she sold him and had been reunited with his family.
โThe suspectโs modus operandi is to rent an apartment, fraternise with her unsuspecting neighbours, gain their trust and abduct their children for pecuniary gains,โ he added.
Ukandu advised property owners and caretakers to thoroughly screen potential tenants and for parents to educate their children about safety and interaction with strangers.
(NAN)
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