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By Iheanyi Chukwudi
An Enugu State-based medical doctor has been arrested by the Police in the state over alleged child trafficking and forgery.
The 52-year-old doctor from Ezimo-Agu, Udenu Local Government of the state was arrested by Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad of the Enugu State Police Command on September 28, 2024.
The Police also rescue a pregnant woman and children in the cause of the operation.
Confirming the arrest, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said "His arrest followed the interception of a public notice on an abandoned child he made, endorsed in the name of the Enugu State Ministry of Gender and Social Development as the director of OTZ, and published in the Daily Sun Newspaper of September 27, 2024.
Upon his arrest, he was found to be involved in child trafficking, with one pregnant woman, the four-year-old publicised child and another two-year-old child, both female, being rescued."
Ndukwe further said "Investigation revealed that the suspect, who claimed to be a graduate of medicine and surgery from the University of Jos, owns and manages a Hospital and Maternity located at Ugbaike Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area.
It was further discovered that between 2017 and 2024, he conspired with an acclaimed staff of the Ministry and others at large to conduct anti-natal care and delivery of seven yet-to-be traced children from different mothers in the hospital.
The suspect was also found to be in unauthorised possession of different documents from the Ministry of Gender Affairs and unverified pest/vector certificates from the Enugu State Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources."
Ndukwe disclosed that the suspect has been arraigned in court and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre, pending further hearing.
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