Imo Police Investigate Missing Nine-Month-Old Baby

The Imo State Police Command has commenced an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the whereabouts of a nine-month-old boy suspected to have been stolen from Akwa Ibom State and brought to the State by an old woman.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Abutu Yaro in a statement issued in Owerri through the Command Public Relations Officer CSP Michael Abatham said that the suspects were caught along Mbaise Road by ABC Motor park in Owerri while bargaining to sell the baby at the price of four hundred thousand Naira (N400,000.00).
The Commissioner informed Imo people that the command had got wind of the shady deal and is on top of the situation.
Yaro said that he has already directed high powered investigation team to commence forensic investigation into the viral post to unravel how the two women came about the baby.
The team according to the CP is to trace the location of the real parents of the child, where the baby was stolen from and for what purpose
He assured residents in the state that, as soon as the investigation was concluded, the outcome will be made public for all and sundry to know the real facts surrounding the viral post.
The Police boss warned all child traffickers to desist from their inhuman , illegal and nefarious trade assuring that the Command would do the needful to trace, the identify and apprehend them for prosecution.

By: Joe Nwachukwu, Owerri