A group of persons that specializes in child trafficking has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ebola Friday, in a statement said a five-year-old girl sold for N600,000 was also rescued.
According to him the little girl was abducted from Omagwa community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He noted that the little girl was kidnapped by her mother’s sister and sold to a stranger.
“On May 20 this year, a lady called Peace Emmanuel reported that her five-year-old daughter was missing. The case was reported at the Omagwa Police Station,” he said.
“But later, it was transferred to the Commissioner of Police Monitoring Team at the Forces Avenue, Port Harcourt. They went into investigation and eventually, it was discovered that it was her sister who arranged to steal her child and she eventually sold the child to a lady in Imo State for the sum of N600,000,” he added.
