The Lagos State Police command has arrested three suspects namely; Ms. Joy Okoye, 28, of No.64 Kirikiri street, Olodi Apapa, Uju Obieze, female, 40, of No.8 Okwe road, Asaba, Delta state and Ifeyinwa Ezene, female, 46, of No.2, Eze Bishop street, Onitsha, Anambra state in connection with the disappearance of a two year old daughter of Nwoagbo Ekene of 27 Test Oluwale street, Olodi Apapa, in Lagos state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti who confirmed the arrest revealed that the command had on the 1st of May, 2018 received a complaint from one Nwoagbo Ekene of 27 Test Oluwale street, Olodi Apapa, that on same date, at about 1100hrs, his two-year-old daughter suddenly disappeared and all efforts made to trace her whereabouts proved abortive.
Oti informed that following his complaint, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi, directed the officer in charge of the Anti-kidnapping Squad, SP Musa Bulus to use all the assets at his disposal to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of the little girl.
“Consequently, investigation was instituted and in the course of it, one Ms. Joy Okoye, 28, of No.64 Kirikiri Street, Olodi Apapa was arrested in connection with the case. On interrogation, the suspect revealed that she and one Amarachi (surname unknown ), a female,who is still at large, stole the child and sold her for three hundred thousand Naira (N300, 000.00) to one Ms. Uju Obieze, female, 40, of No.8 Okwe road, Asaba, Delta state.
“Acting on this revelation, detectives proceeded to Asaba and apprehended the said Uju on September 13, 2018. The said Uju confessed to have bought the child from Joy Okoye but added that the deal was done jointly with one Ifeyinwa Ezene, female, 46, of No.2, Eze Bishop street, Onitsha, Anambra state, where Ifeyinwa Ezene was apprehended and she confessed to the crime by corroborating the statements of the other two suspects. She added that the child had been resold to one Ifeoma Okoye, female, who lives in Enugu.
“The trio led detectives to No.40, Amaechi Street off Agbani road, Enugu, where, on September 14, 2018, the victim was rescued from the relatives of the said Ifeoma Okoye who were mourning her, having died a week earlier”.
While confirming that the little girl had since been reunited with her parents, the command’s spokesman stated that the suspects were charged to court yesterday.
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