Lagos State police command arrested a couple with two kids they bought for
N140,000 at Ojo area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana said on Sunday, November
3rd that acting on information from a credible source, detectives from Ojo
Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Abdullah Malah, arrested one
Chukwunonso Blessing, 30,of No 23 Masebinu Street, Igbede, Ojo.
Elkana,said she was seen along Alaba International Market with two
children, namely Joshua James, 6 and Samuel Gbawune, 3, trying to board a
vehicle to Onitsha, Anambra State.
“Upon questioning, she claimed that the boys were adopted by her husband
one Chukwunoso Happiness ‘m’ 40 years from a Motherless Baby home in Jos,
Plateau State and brought to Lagos. That she was taking them to Onitsha to meet
her husband.
On Friday, November 1, 2019 at about 0700hrs the said husband was also
arrested by the Police. He confessed to have bought the kids at the sum of
N140,000 from one Mama Oyoo of Jos township.
Efforts are emplaced to identify their parents and reunite them.
The Command call on Motor Park Operators, Unions and well meaning Nigerians
to keep an eye on passengers with kids that appear in Suspicious manner.