Police arrest four child trafficking suspects in Port Harcourt

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT — The Rivers State Police Command has busted a kid trafficking syndicate and arrested 4 suspected members successful Port Harcourt.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this successful a connection connected Monday, noting that the suspects had been connected the constabulary watchlist for immoderate time.

According to Iringe-Koko, 1 of the suspects was archetypal apprehended successful the Igwuruta country of Ikwerre Local Government Area, starring to the consequent apprehension of different members of the gang.

“The syndicate, allegedly led by 1 Blessing Jack, a 54-year-old pistillate residing connected Timber Road, Igwuruta, specialized successful exploiting susceptible young mothers, stealing, and selling their newborn babies for fiscal gain,” she said.

Iringe-Koko explained that connected October 9, 2025, astatine astir 3:00 p.m., operatives of the Command attached to the C4i Intelligence Unit arrested Blessing Jack successful Igwuruta done intelligence-led policing.

“A recorded speech betwixt Blessing Jack and 1 Marley Oburu revealed the syndicate’s modus operandi. She discussed a caller lawsuit wherever her subordinate took a woman’s babe nether the mendacious pretext that the kid had died, aft which the babe was sold for ₦2 million,” Iringe-Koko stated.

She added that the syndicate utilized fake aesculapian scans and deceitful tactics to manipulate large women into surrendering their babies.

Other suspects arrested include:

Chinonso Raymond, 30, of Igwuruta, Port Harcourt;

Chinyere Okorie, 32, of Pipeline, Rumuoholu, Port Harcourt; and

Nkechi Nwankwo, 50, besides of Pipeline, Rumuoholu, Port Harcourt.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Blessing Jack had antecedently served a three-year jailhouse word successful Calabar for kid trafficking, indicating her long-standing engagement successful the amerciable trade.

Iringe-Koko further noted that each the suspects confessed to their roles successful the crime. They are presently successful constabulary custody arsenic investigations proceed to way down different members of the network.

She added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, commended the operatives for their diligence and reaffirmed the Command’s committedness to protecting susceptible persons and eradicating quality trafficking successful Rivers State.

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