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The Anambra State Police Command has burst a child trafficking syndicate with the arrest of three women at the centre of the sale of two children aged between two weeks and four years.
According to a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, a Superintendent of Police on the evening of 11th of July 2026 the Police recorded major breakthrough in its sustained fight against child trafficking with the arrest of three female suspects, Florence Nnakuzie, 45 years, Hannah Ugah, 52 years and Chinasa Daniel, 27 years in a motor park at Onitsha by Police Operatives attached to Awada Divisional Headquarters.
Preliminary information revealed how Chinasa Daniel allegedly brought two children, a two-week-old baby and a four-year-old child, on two separate occasions between June and December 2025, and handed them over to Hannah Ugah.
Chinasa allegedly further disclosed that a four-year-old child was subsequently handed over to Florence Nnakuzie and allegedly sold for the sum of Two Million Naira (₦2,000,000), while the two-week-old baby was allegedly sold to another woman who is currently at large.
Following the development, the Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, while describing child trafficking as a grave violation of human rights and a crime against humanity, directed the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Awka, for a comprehensive and discreet investigation.
He also ordered operatives to intensify efforts to identify and apprehend every member of the trafficking syndicate and to commence coordinated operations aimed at locating, rescuing, and reuniting the trafficked children with their biological families.
The Command appreciated members of the public whose timely and credible information it said led to the successful operation and urged residents to continue supporting the Police with useful intelligence.
