Thursday, October 10, 2024 -The Enugu State Police Command's Operatives serving in the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad, on September 28, 2024, arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Chimaobi Ugwumba “m”, aged 52, of Ezimo-Agu, Udenu Local Government Area for alleged child trafficking and forgery.
In a statement released, the command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said Ugwumba's arrest led to the interception of a public notice on an abandoned child he made, endorsed in the name of the Enugu State Ministry of Gender and Social Development as the director of OTZ, and published in the Daily Sun Newspaper of September 27, 2024.
Ndukwe said upon his arrest, he was found
to be involved in child trafficking. One pregnant woman, the four-year-old
publicised child and another two-year-old child, both female, were then
rescued.
‘’Investigation
revealed that the suspect, who claimed to be a graduate of medicine and surgery
from the University of Jos, owns and manages Chima Hospital and Maternity
located at Ugbaike Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area. It was
further discovered that between 2017 and 2024, he conspired with an acclaimed
staff of the Ministry and others at large to conduct anti-natal care and
delivery of seven yet-to-be traced children from different mothers in the
hospital.
The suspect
was also found to be in unauthorised possession of different documents from the
Ministry of Gender Affairs and unverified pest/vector certificates from the
Enugu State Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources.''
Ndukwe said the suspect has been arraigned
in court and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre pending a
further hearing.
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