By Izunna Okafor
Barely one week after after bursting a child trafficking brothel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the State Government and security agencies have finally captured the owner of the brothel.
Popularly known as Nwaanyị Ukwu Venza, the
Nnewi-born suspected trafficker, whose real name is Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, was
said to have escaped, while many of her staff also deserted the premises the
day government and security agencies stormed the brothel, following a tip of
information from a whistleblower. She had, therefore, remained on the run since
then till she was eventually captured through the joint efforts of the State
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare and the security agencies.
It was gathered that the suspect was captured
while she was trying to bribe the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social
Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, so as to “water the ground” to resolve the matter.
Narrating how she was apprehended, the Public
Relations Officer of the Ministry, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu said the Commissioner
succeeded in smartly luring the suspect to an undisclosed location in the
state.
She explained that after the failed attempt
to apprehend the suspect she eventually contacted the Commissioner for
settlement of the case and possibly bribing her way through with the sum of two
million naira (₦2,000,000).
According to the PRO, the suspect sent her
husband to tip-off the Commissioner with the sum of three hundred thousand
naira (₦300,000) to complete it two million naira in Asaba, Delta State; but
the Commissioner persisted that she wanted to see her before any further
discussion on the settlement. And they therefore scheduled for where and when
to meet.
This, the PRO said, was how the Commissioner
was able to lure the to an undisclosed location, with security operatives
already on ground to arrest her.
Speaking on the development, the
Commissioner, Hon. Obinabo restated the state government's resolve to end all
forms of child trafficking and sexual slavery in the State. She further warned
hotel owners to desist from defiling using underage girls to run their hotel
businesses or be prepared to face the full weight of the law.
When interrogated, the suspect who was
visibly marvelled at how she was arrested, confessed to the crime, and pleaded
to be forgiven.
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