Police Rescue Three-Year-Old Girl Abducted in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has recovered a three-year-old girl in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area, following reports of child abduction and illegal harbouring.
The girl was reportedly taken by Chioma Anioma, an apprentice working in her household. When Chioma realised the police were closing in, she allegedly sold the child and fled to Calabar, Cross River State, to avoid arrest.
Although the girl was initially abducted in Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area, she was later traced to Nnobi and safely returned to her parents.
According to a statement by the Anambra State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, officers from the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, carried out the rescue in the early hours of Friday following careful intelligence-led operations.
The statement read in part, “The Anambra State Police Command wishes to inform the public that operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, successfully recovered a stolen three-year-old girl following a case transferred from Ogbaru Division, Atani, involving conspiracy, child stealing, and harbouring.
“The operatives rescued the child at Nnobi, Idemili South LGA, and have since reunited her with her parents.
“Preliminary investigations revealed the child was stolen by Miss Chioma Anioma, an apprentice in the victim’s family. Upon realising police were closing in, the suspect fled to Calabar after selling the child to another suspect who remains at large.
“To evade further police pursuit, Chioma abandoned the child at Nnobi before alerting the parents to her location.
“Intensive efforts continue to identify and arrest all suspects involved in the abduction and trafficking syndicate.”
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