Author: Ofomata Edidiong

A child trafficking syndicate has been dismantled by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, resulting in the arrest of three suspects. These individuals, who were apprehended in different states, are Peace Patrick Paul from Obot in Akara, Akwa Ibom; Mary Eunice from Aba, Abia; and Bella Uko from Asaba, Delta. The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, announced the arrest during a press briefing at the police headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo. According to Durosinmi, Paul deceived Utibeabasi Monday Enang and kidnapped her two children, aged three and five, in May. She later sold them to Eunice in Aba, who further sold them to Uko in Asaba. During the operation, the mother of the stolen children was brutally attacked when she demanded the return of her children, forcing her...

Regrettably, the newborn baby boy who was saved from a pit toilet in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area, has passed away. Previously, 9JA NEWS reported that the mother of the child, Nwaedoka Chidimma, 20, from Izzi, Ebonyi State, was allegedly responsible for intentionally discarding the baby into the pit. Upon receiving the report, Ify Obinabo, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in Anambra State, ordered that the newborn be transferred to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, in Awka for medical treatment. Despite receiving extensive care, including the administration of oxygen and fluids with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, all attempts to revive the baby proved futile. A statement posted on a Facebook page affiliated with the commissioner reads: "I...