Imo state Police Command have arrested Victoria Joseph, 28, and Joy Ugorji, 33, for allegedly stealing a two-year-old boy from Rivers State.
The victim is a nephew of one of the suspects, Joseph.
Parading the suspects in Owerri , the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede, said they stole the child from Kakuano, Rivers State, and came to Imo to sell him.
The CP said operatives of the Anti-Vice Unit of the command intercepted the suspects and recovered the baby during a stop-and-search.
He stated, “On May 30, 2020, operatives of the Anti-Vice Unit of the command, while on stop-and-search, intercepted the suspects with a boy of about two years.
“On interrogation, they confessed that they stole the child from Kakuano, Rivers State, and brought him to Imo State for sale.
“The boy has been safely kept at the motherless babies’ home, while efforts are being made to locate the parents; investigation is ongoing.
Parading the suspects on Tuesday, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede, said they stole the child from Kakuano, Rivers State, and came to Imo to sell him.”