I pay N50,000 for a child – ‘Rev Sister’ caught with 15 children reveals
Police in Rivers State Police have nabbed a suspected child trafficker, Maureen Wechinwu, who claims to be a Reverend Sister.
According to reports, she confessed that she ‘buys’ the children for N50, 000 each.
Based on intelligence reports, the police arrested Maureen at her residence in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, and rescued 15 children from her home.
The children rescued from the suspected trafficker were aged between seven and nine, adding that the suspect would be prosecuted upon completion of investigations, the Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, revealed.
He said preliminary investigations have shown that the children were picked from different parts of the South-South states and were being sold.
Eboka narrated: “On September 3, Operation Restore Peace Personnel of the Command, acting on credible information regarding a hideout of child traffickers, stormed Omuigwe Abuja Phase II, Aluu, in Ikwerre Local Government Area, where a lady who claimed to be Rev. Sister Maureen Wechinwu, aged 44 years, was arrested.
“Fifteen children were rescued and the case transferred to CP Monitoring Unit for discrete investigation.
He stated five parents have come to identify their children and that the police were yet to locate the parents of the others, calling on parents who lost their children to visit the command.
In an interview, Maureen Wechinwu, stated that she had become a disgrace to her people and to herself, insisting that she is not into trafficking.
She said: “I run an orphanage with children of mad people. Fransisca Onyinyechi, who was given birth to by a mad woman in Ogbogoro community market, is one.
“I cannot say that I am a reverend sister now that I am a disgrace. But I believe I was earlier. I am of the Ladies of Victory Missionary Sisters. It is in England, a foreign congregation. I am the only Nigerian in it.
“Some of the children are mad people’s children. The others are brought to me by one Mr. Victor. Sometimes he comes with them in twos. One Miss Alice brought two to me. Alice said since I am a beginner that I should take them.
“Sometimes when Victor brings children, he will be demanding money. But due to the pressure on me sometimes I give N50,000, N60,000, and N100,000.
