Friday, September 26, 2025 - Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have rescued a missing four-year-old girl and uncovered a child trafficking syndicate operating across Ondo, Delta and Anambra States.
The case began on February 3, 2025, when Sunday Kingsley of
Alagbaka Extension, Akure, reported that his daughter, Jesinta, went missing
while staying with her mother, Sunday Happiness.
Spokesman of the State Police Command, Olusola Ayanlade,
disclosed this in a statement issued and made available to journalists in Akure
on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
“The case began on 3rd February, 2025, when one Sunday
Kingsley ‘m’ of Alagbaka Extension, Akure, reported that his 4-year-old
daughter, Jesinta Sunday, who was living with his wife, one Sunday Happiness
‘f’, had gone missing,” the statement read.
“The case was transferred to the Monitoring Unit, State
Command Headquarters, for discreet investigation. In the course of proceedings,
the matter was charged before the Family Magistrate Court, leading to the remand of the child’s
mother, one Nneka Onah ‘f’, alongside Sunday Happiness ‘f’, at the Ondo
Correctional Centre before they were later granted bail.
Ayanlade revealed that on 9th July, 2025, the complainant,
one Sunday Kingsley, reported to the police that the missing child had been
sighted in Asaba, Delta State.
He said immediately, the detectives of the Command’s Gender
Desk Team moved into action, successfully recovered the child and brought her
back safely to Akure.
The operation also led to the arrest of one Amaka Chukwuemeka
‘f’, aged 30 years, who confessed that she had purchased the child for
N3,700,000 (Three Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Naira).
“She further revealed that it was her friend, one Chinaza
Owoh ‘f’, aged 38 years, who introduced her to another woman, one Mabel Esimai
‘f’, aged 58 years, who released the child to her under the guise of adoption,
providing forged documents in the process
“This discovery prompted further investigation, which led to
the arrest of Mabel Esimai. During interrogation, she disclosed that she
received the child from one Chioma Okechukwu ‘f’, aged 37 years, with the
instruction to find a buyer.”
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo state, Adebowale Lawal
praised the Gender Desk Team for the successful operations. He further directed
the team to continue investigations to uncover all collaborators and to
prosecute the suspects accordingly.
Lawal assured the public of the
commitment of the police to combating criminality in the state.
He maintained that Ondo State cannot and
will not be a safe haven for child traffickers or any criminal syndicate.
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