Good news in Abia as reports in reveals that soldiers have rescued some abducted pregnant women and children in the state.
The Soldiers from 144 Battalion, Asa, in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State rescued 14 pregnant teenagers and 8 children from a motherless babies’ home at Umunkpeyi Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area.
Also arrested by the soldiers were six young men, who claimed to be staff of the home, and two girls, aged 16 and 25 (all suspected to be the abductors).
However, the proprietress of the home, Mrs. Nma Charity, is still not found.
It was gathered that Mrs. Charity claimed to be running a government-approved home, but engages in child trafficking and hiring of men who impregnates the teenage girls.
Reports from Vanguard reveals that on delivery, each girl got N20,000, while their babies were sold for between N80,000 and N150,000 for females and males, respectively.
One of the suspects, who was caught at Eke-Akpara in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, while trying to steal a baby, confessed that he had been in the business with Mrs. Charity for a long period, stating that his role was to steal a child and deliver it to the her, who in turn sold it to her customers.
Executing his duties on the confession of the suspect, the Commanding Officer 144 Battalion, Lt. Col. Omolori Rasheed, ordered his men to raid the home where about 14 pregnant teenagers and six young men were arrested, while the proprietress of the home was away at the time of the raid.
A soldier, who opted to be anonymous , told Vanguard that the babies, between the ages of one and six, and the pregnant teenagers, would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP, while the other persons would be handed over to the police for prosecution.
Kidnapping is one major issue that the present administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to face overtime.
You’d recall that it’s more than nine months after no fewer than 200 school girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents inside their school hostel in Chibok, Borno State, and many Nigerians and people across the world have continued to clamour for the safe return of the girls.
The Soldiers from 144 Battalion, Asa, in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State rescued 14 pregnant teenagers and 8 children from a motherless babies’ home at Umunkpeyi Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area.
Also arrested by the soldiers were six young men, who claimed to be staff of the home, and two girls, aged 16 and 25 (all suspected to be the abductors).
However, the proprietress of the home, Mrs. Nma Charity, is still not found.
It was gathered that Mrs. Charity claimed to be running a government-approved home, but engages in child trafficking and hiring of men who impregnates the teenage girls.
Reports from Vanguard reveals that on delivery, each girl got N20,000, while their babies were sold for between N80,000 and N150,000 for females and males, respectively.
One of the suspects, who was caught at Eke-Akpara in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, while trying to steal a baby, confessed that he had been in the business with Mrs. Charity for a long period, stating that his role was to steal a child and deliver it to the her, who in turn sold it to her customers.
Executing his duties on the confession of the suspect, the Commanding Officer 144 Battalion, Lt. Col. Omolori Rasheed, ordered his men to raid the home where about 14 pregnant teenagers and six young men were arrested, while the proprietress of the home was away at the time of the raid.
A soldier, who opted to be anonymous , told Vanguard that the babies, between the ages of one and six, and the pregnant teenagers, would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP, while the other persons would be handed over to the police for prosecution.
Kidnapping is one major issue that the present administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to face overtime.
You’d recall that it’s more than nine months after no fewer than 200 school girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents inside their school hostel in Chibok, Borno State, and many Nigerians and people across the world have continued to clamour for the safe return of the girls.
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