The case involves Susannah Nwanneka Nweze, whose newborn baby boy was allegedly sold for N25 million by some police officers, including the officer in charge of the Juvenile and Women Centre (JWC), SP Loveth Uche, W/Insp. Maureen Otum and Inspector Valentine Akam.
Three police officers attached to Ebonyi State Command are reportedly facing interrogation at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Enugu, over their alleged involvement in the abduction and child trafficking.
The case involves Susannah Nwanneka Nweze, whose newborn baby boy was allegedly sold for N25 million by some police officers, including the officer in charge of the Juvenile and Women Centre (JWC), SP Loveth Uche, W/Insp. Maureen Otum and Inspector Valentine Akam.
SaharaReporters reported on July 31, that the Nigeria Police Force had invited Mr. Nkwuda Emmanuel, Head of Department, Child Development, Ebonyi State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, and Mrs. Nneka Akam, Officer-in-Charge, Legal, Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for questioning over their alleged conspiracy in the alleged abduction, child trafficking, and unlawful detention.
SaharaReporters on July 1st, reported that the family of Mr Nweze Philip Obasi of Umuobuna Etiti Uburu in the Ohaozara Local Government Area had filed a petition against four police and NSCDC officers in the state, over an alleged conspiracy, abduction, child trafficking, unlawful arrest, and compounding felony.
According to the petition addressed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police FCID Annex, Enugu, the family accused Uche and two Inspectors under her of conspiring to sell a baby boy born to Susannah Nwanneka Nweze, their daughter, for N25 million.
They claimed that she was abducted and taken to a police clinic, where she gave birth to the baby boy. The family alleged that the baby was sold without their consent.
Subsequently, the NSCDC personnel arrested Nwanneka and detained him for several weeks, with the O/C legal later allegedly changing the extrajudicial statement of Nwanneka.
Following a series of reports by SaharaReporters, the NSCDC was forced to transfer the matter to NAPTIP, claiming that they are a government agency that is empowered by law to investigate and prosecute the case.
However, on Friday, SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the AIG FCID Annex, Enugu had summoned the officers for interrogation to ascertain the level of their individual involvement in the matter.
“Three accused police officers are currently at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Enugu and will soon interface with the interrogation officers,” a source told SaharaReporters on Friday.
