Police Don Bust Child Trafficking Gang, Arrest Four Suspects For Rivers

Di Rivers State Police Command don arrest four members of one suspected child trafficking syndicate wey dey operate inside di state. According to wetin di Command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko talk yesterday, di arrest happen on October 9, 2025 around 3:00 p.m., afta C4i Intelligence Unit carry out intelligence-led operation. She reveal say di gang na under di control of 54-year-old Blessing Jack, wey dey target young vulnerable mamas, collect dia newborn pikin and sell am for money. Police use technical surveillance track Jack go her hideout for Igwuruta, Port Harcourt, where dem hear incriminating conversations between her and her partner, Marley Oburu. Di conversation show say dem dey use fake scan and lie to deceive pregnant women. For one case, dem collect woman pikin under fake story say di baby don die, then sell di pikin for N2 million.

Iringe-Koko still talk say di mata lead to arrest of three more suspects: 30-year-old Chinonso Raymond from Igwuruta, and 32-year-old Chinyere Okorie plus 50-year-old Nkechi Nwankwo, both from Pipeline, Rumuoholu, Port Harcourt. She reveal say Blessing Jack don already go prison for Calabar for three years before because of child trafficking, which show say she don dey do dis kain illegal work for long. All di suspects don confess, as dem explain wetin each of dem do inside di operation. Police don hold dem for custody as investigation still dey go on to catch other members and scatter di syndicate network. Commissioner of Police for Rivers State, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, praise di officers wey carry out di arrest, and assure di public say police go continue to protect vulnerable people and wipe human trafficking comot from di state. He beg residents make dem report any useful information wey fit help arrest and jail anybody wey dey involved for dis kain wicked act.