Child trafficking: Police rescue 3 babies, arrest 16 suspects in Gombe

A prisoner locked with handcuff in jail

The Police Order in Gombe State said it had protected three children and captured 16 suspects for a situation of supposed youngster dealing and criminal scheme. ASP Mahid Abubakar, Police Advertising Official (PPRO) of the order, expressed this while preparation columnists for the Chief of Police, Hayatu Usman, in Gombe on Wednesday. Abubakar said the case was recorded throughout the end of the week following knowledge report from the Barunde people group of Gombe State.

He said three children were saved from the suspects inside the state, while two others were dealt out of the state. As per him, one of the dealt children is currently in Lagos, while different has been followed to Anambra. He expressed that endeavors were on to recuperate the other two infants and return them to the state. Abubakar stated that one of the babies was found to have been sold for N400,000 during the investigation.

He said the kid was offered to a purchaser inside the state as a team with a social government assistance specialist in the state. He said the suspects worked what could be compared to a "child processing plant" where their casualties were kept in an area and their children sold after birth. As per the police representative, the order got knowledge report on one of the guardians who offered her kid to the supposed dealers.

"This is a criminal intrigue and kid dealing where one Khadija Manzo and 15 others were captured following knowledge report got from Barunde people group over the course of the end of the week.

"That at some point last year, one Khadija Manzo and 15 others were engaged with offering children to individuals out of luck. " On getting the report, investigators connected to Lowcost Division did examination which prompted the capture of Manzo, and different suspects," he said. According to Abubakar, additional investigation revealed that Manzo allegedly sold two babies to a single Ukamaka Ugwu on multiple occasions. He said different suspects were seized for their contribution in the wrongdoing. Making sense of further, Abubakar said: " examination shows that the said Manzo supposedly sold a youngster for N400, 000 to one Tina Raphael.

"What's more, she gave N200,000 to one Haruna Abubakar, who works with Social Government assistance, Gombe all the while intending to mislead and misdirect. “Yahaya Suleiman delivered the N200,000 to Haruna Abubakar after receiving it from Manzo.

"Ukamaka Ugwu purchased two youngsters and one is at present in Lagos and the other in Anambra, however the police is attempting to guarantee safe return of the children. “Abubakar stated that the investigation also revealed a rape case that was covered up by the victims' families.

He said the casualties of the assault conveyed the infants and Manzo contrived with them to cover their hospital expenses in order to sell the children a while later. Abubakar said every one of the suspects for the situation would before long be charged to court.