Couples arrested as police rescue 14-month-old baby abducted in Edo
The Edo State police command has said its operatives have rescued a 14-month-old baby, Grace Osamagbe, who was abducted by her nanny, Rejoice Chukwu, in April.
Umoru Ozigi, the state Commissioner of Police Umoru, while confirming this newsmen on Saturday in Benin, said the Anti-Kidnapping and Cyber Crime Unit arrested Chukwu, 24, and her boyfriend, Destiny Uchechukwu, 28, in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom.
Ozigi said that the suspects abducted the child in Benin and collected a ransom of N160,000.
“In spite of receiving the ransom, the suspects allegedly sold the baby for N500,000 to Doris Chiwendu in Owerri, Imo State.
“Following intense interrogation, police tracked down Chiwendu and another suspect, Jane Amaigbo, in Ubomiri, Imo State, and rescued the baby on November 9.”
The police commissioner, however, disclosed that the suspects would soon be charged in court upon completing the investigation.
