A 3-year-old boy identified as Friday Okonkwo, who was sold for N410,000 by his 24-year-old mother, Blessing Okonkwo, has been rescued by the Adamawa State Police Command.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, who disclosed this to
newsmen, said one Hauwa Lawan of Wubirgo Askira, UBA, Borno, some time ago
visited the police to report that her son was stolen.
Nguroje
said upon further investigation, it was revealed that Blessing Okonkwo,
originally reported as the sister of the abducted child, is, in fact, the
biological mother of the three-year-old boy, Friday Okonkwo. He disclosed that
the said Hauwa Lawan, who initially reported and claimed to be the mother, is
actually the grandmother.
Blessing
Okonkwo, aged 24 and residing in Kabang Ward, Mubi South, became pregnant with
the child in 2019 after a relationship with an individual named Aboi from
Anambra State. Blessing Okonkwo misled her parents by claiming to enrol the
child in school in Mubi. Instead, she gave out the child to Ifunanya for
adoption and requested N410,000 as support for trade since she couldn't take
care of the child to whom she gave birth out of wedlock.''
Nguroje
added that the investigation also led to the recovery of the abducted child
from Efunaya Nabufe who had taken the victim to her sister in Onitsha, Enugu
State.
He
stated that the Commissioner of Police, Adamawa State Command, CP Dankombo
Morris, has directed the Gender and Family Support Unit to continue with the
investigation and ensure the child is safely reunited with his family. The
Commissioner has also urged the public to remain vigilant about the whereabouts
of their children and wards to prevent similar incidents.
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