Child Traffickers Who Sold 19 Kids Discovered

And the couple really thought they had a job of buying and re-selling  children. I wonder if they have kids of their own. Owerri state police department operatives have arrested a woman named Chioma Anoruo, for allegedly selling more than 19 children to clients.Chioma, who lived at Okporo in Orlu town, was said to have been in the business of child trafficking with her husband for a while before she was finally apprehended by the community’s local vigilante group.

PM News reports that the vigilante group arrested Chioma and handed her over to the police whereas her husband escaped. Five children were rescued, while a huge amount of money was recovered from Chioma.
Reports say that the community had been battling cases of missing children for a while, with three children missing in the space of three months. The most recent case involved the kidnapping of two boys who were returning from school. It was reported that as the kidnappers were going with them on a motorcycle, a palm wine tapper sighted them and raised alarm. The vigilante group gave a chase and arrested one of the suspects who was identified as Ebuka.

House Where The Children were Held Captive

Emeka Yet To Be Found

Ebuka allegedly confessed that Chioma and her husband, Emeka bought the children for N100, 000 before they resold the children.
On sighting the vigilante group, Emeka escaped through the back door while his wife was ordered to open a door where the children were discovered. Chioma said her work was to keep the children until her husband negotiated with clients who came to buy them. She also said she and her husband had been in the business for a very long time.