Married couple to be has revealed how they stole two
children of one Abigail Ukah in Uzoagba, Ikeduru local government area of Imo
State and sold them for N1.1 million. The deal was allegedly masterminded by
the cousin to the children’s mother, Ms. Oluchi Chibike, with the collaboration
of her would be husband, Obinna Eze.
At the parade of suspected criminals yesterday in Owerri, by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, the would be husband, Obinna Eze, confessed that he only collected the sum of N500,000 for the sales of the children. The children now recovered by the police are five year old, Francis Nwachukwu and his two year old sister Chimazaekpere Nwachukwu.
According to the
Police Commissioner, Ezike, “On the 29th day of August 2017, Oluchi Chibike,
the cousin to Abigail Ukah, came to Uzoagba in Ikeduru local government, Imo
state, in company of one Obinna Eze, whom Oluchi Chibike, told the victim,
Abigail Ukah, was her intended husband.”
According to Ezike, their mission was to take the children
of Abigail, Francis and Chimazaekpere to Obinna’s house for a visit and unknown
to Abigail it was a plan to take her children away.”
Ezike added that, Obinna and Oluchi, hired and allegedly
paid the sum of N160, 000 to Vitalis Lumanze and Chinatu alias Salasco to
attack and collect the children from Abigail.
He continued: “In the morning of 30th of August 2017, Oluchi
and Obinna took the two children to Enugu and sold them to 45 year old Mrs
Nkiru Nwanedu of Egwedi in Njaba LGA, Imo state, at the cost of N1,100,000, ,
but they were paid N700, 000, with a promise to be paid the balance at a later
date.”
The commissioner said that in the course of the
investigation, the children were resold by Nwanedu, to one Mrs. Jacinta Amadi
of Egede in Udi ,LGA, in Enugu state. “Amadi, took the custody of the children
from 30th August 2017 till 27 October 2017 when they were arrested from their
various hideouts in Enugu State and the two children recovered.”
Speaking to Vanguard,
Mrs. Oluchi Chibike, cousin to Mrs Abigail Ukah, said: “Abigail Ukah is my
relation. I was not the person who stole the children , but I showed Obinna the
children. I don’t leave together with my sister.
So, the only way I got involved was that I initiated the
process that led to the sale of the children.” Mrs Nkiru Nwanedu , who allegedly
bought the children from Obinna and Oluchi, disclosed that she met Oluchi at a
fellowship.
“Oluchi told me the children were from an orphanage home and
said she was going to sell the children for N1.1 million before we started
haggling and finally agreed for N800,000.”
On what she knows about the children, Mrs Jacinta Amadi,
whom the Police recovered the children from said: “I do not know anything about
the stealing of the children. I only adopted these children. I did not know
that the legal process was not followed. This happened in Enugu state, in a
church programme.”
Also speaking, the husband to be to Oluchi Chibike, Mr.
Obinna Eze said: “The truth is that I exposed the whole thing and now they are
heaping the blame on me. I was given N500, 000. Oluchi is the initiator of this
business.
“She can tell the story better. Oluchi went to her maternal
home and deceived the mother of the children and took them away. She saw me at
a burial ceremony and started pointing at me that was how we met.
“I left the venue and one Sunday they invited me to a child
dedication ceremony at World Bank in Owerri. At that occasion, Oluchi presented
me as her husband to be without me knowing their plans. That was how she
planned and took away the children.”
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