Kidnapped babies reunited with there parents in lmo

Their joy knew no bounds as the family of Mr
and Mrs Daniel Duruji as well as 24 years old
Vivien Iwuji reunited with their 2 week old babies
who were kidnapped few hours after they were
born.
While presenting the babies back to their parents
at the Imo State Police Command Headquarters
in Owerri, the Imo State capital, the state police
commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali, vowed that the Imo
State Police Command would not rest until the
issue of child stealing and child trafficking were
brought to its barest minimal.
The Imo police boss said that three suspects had
been arrested in connection to the incident and
they are presently cooling their feet in the police
cell as investigations are ongoing.
While narrating the incidence, the head of the
anti-human trafficking unit of the Imo police
command, Mrs Elizabeth Okosun, said the police
were able to recover one of the babies after a tip-
off by a commercial tricycle rider who suspected
the shady behaviour of the suspects when they
were about travelling with the baby to another
state.
Vivien Iwuji , a 24 year old student, said that she
was deceived by her sister-in-law that a family
friend will take care of her baby after delivery not
knowing she had the intention of selling her baby.
The Imo Police commission appealed to religious
and community leaders to furnish the police with
adequate information if any woman or family
without a history of a recent pregnancy was seen
with a newborn baby.
Two hundred years after the abolition of the
trans-Atlantic slave trade, the trafficking of
African children continues unabated. This is one
of the most horrific violations of a child’s right.
Trafficking can be defined as “the recruitment,
transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of a
child for the purpose of exploitation”. Reasons for
trafficking children include: sexual exploitation,
forced labour and/or slavery, domestic servitude,
forced marriages, illegal adoptions, and even
forced organ removal or human sacrifice.
Nigeria acts as a source, transit and destination
country for trafficking children to Europe, the
Middle East and other countries throughout
Africa. UNICEF has estimated that over 1.2 million
children worldwide are trafficked each year. The
highest rates of child trafficking in Nigeria are
found in the Niger Delta region, according to
research by NAPTIP, the Nigerian Anti-Trafficking
Agency.