Agents from the IMO State Police Department rejected the N1M bribery proposal and arrested two suspected child traffickers.
The headquarters spokesman DSP Henry Okoye revealed this in a press statement Thursday, February 28, 2025, saying agents also rescued two 4 and 3-year-olds from the suspect.
PPRO said that agents from the National Criminal Investigation Department arrested a 32-year-old woman, Owerri West Lga Umuanyo Eziobodo, Odoh, allegedly allegedly her former three-year-old son Nzubechi Udodiri, who played his pre-stage in 1, 2025, and his former three-year-old son Nzubechi Udodiri was suspected of kidnapping her.
However, the boy has been rescued and reunited with his parents.
In a similar development, a 45-year-old woman, Eze Chika, from Obiokwara Umualoma, Northern LGA, was arrested in a regular parking lot search on buses along Owerri-Aba Expressway, and a four-year-old child was found to be suspected of being stolen.
Although she claimed the child was hers, she later admitted to buying 18,000 yuan from an alleged child trafficking group in the ABA.
In order to desperately escape arrest, the suspect provided N1M bribes to police armed personnel, and they completely refused.
“On February 4, 2025, detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department arrested a 32-year-old woman, Odoh eziobodo, Umuanyo Eziobodo of Owerri West Lga for kidnapping her former three-year-old son Nzubechi Udodiri on February 1, 2025 in February 2025. The child was rescued and reunited with his parents, Udodiri Michael, while still working to arrest possible accomplices.” Statement Read.
“In another development on 21 February 2025, an operator of a safer highway unit was arrested on the Owerri-aba Express road, Eze Chika (45), of Ebiokwara umualoma, Eseeato north Lga of Ispoeato North LGA, according to which she had a child but had committed a crime. 8m.
“In order to do everything possible to evade arrest, the suspect provided an N1M bribe to the officer, which was dismissed. Officials conducted legal arrests and ensured safe assistance to the children. Further investigations revealed possible links to larger trafficking networks and more arrests were expected. Work is being made to identify the child’s biological parents.”
A police spokesman reiterated that the command is committed to fighting child trafficking and other crimes in the state.
However, he warned residents, especially parents, to stay alert, to monitor their children and to report suspicious activity to the police.
