Police arrest suspected child trafficker in Rivers

Rivers state police have arrested a child trafficking syndicate and rescued a five-year-old girl sold for 600 thousands naira to an undisclosed buyer in Imo state.

The child was said to have been kidnapped from Omagwa community in the Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state after she went missing on May 20, 2022.

The state commissioner of police, Friday Eboka, disclosed this while parading 30 suspects arrested for various crimes at the police headquarters in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

Eboka said the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.