The Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has arrested a couple and another for human trafficking in Ifitedunu, Donokofia Local Government Area of the state.
The feat was achieved when the chairman of the community, Mr. Aryanchukwu Azudo, informed the Commissioner for Women Affairs. Ify Obinabo.
The media aide to the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Chidanma Akyanyono, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, said the couple, Temple and Ndobusi Nwankwo, were arrested along with an Ebere when they were in their They were trying to sell the girl for N1m.
The couple is suspected of having sold their two other children who they claimed were dead.
The statement read, “According to Mr. Azudo, he was alerted by his team commander to a report of suspected smuggling in the community which he immediately informed the commissioner who instructed him to go ahead and arrest those involved. said,” the statement read.
“Azudu explained that after the arrest, they discovered that the said suspects were about to seal the deal for one million naira.
“On his part, a suspect from Ukpo in the same local government area of the state who gave his name as Ibere, disclosed that it was another suspect named Temple Nwankwo, who had a very good friend who informed her one day that she had twins for sale even though she had already sold one of the twins.
“Ebere said he had accepted a partnership with her and proceeded to connect her with a potential buyer who urgently needed a male child.
Abrey said in his confessional statement that after their discussion, they agreed to meet in Oye-Ago to further seal the transaction but instead Temple immediately paid one million naira into his account. made a request to which the buyer objected because he had not seen the child. in question.
“This led to a disagreement between them before the temple changed its mind and let them go.
“The alleged seller, Temple Nwankwo, who hails from Enugu state but lives in Ifitedunu, denied being involved in any business with Ebere but explained that when she was four months pregnant Only then did he contact her again.
“Temple, in her defense, said it was Abery who originally asked her for help in having a boy because she was unable to have a child of her own.
“Temple claims that after Ebrey requested it, she warned him never to involve her and that since that day, Ebrey has been visiting her daughter in his absence. , even after his many warnings.
“Some members of the community alleged that Temple is in the smuggling business with her husband Ndubuisi Nwankwo as a partner because they have not seen some of her children for a long time.
“When the couple was asked about the whereabouts of the two children, they claimed that they were dead.
“However, when they were asked where the children were buried, they said that no one had come to bury the two children.
“It was then that Hon Obinabo, who was visibly saddened by the incident, handed him over to the police for investigation and prosecution.