Police rescue 18 suspected stolen children, nab 10 suspects in Abia raids
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Danladi Isa, the Abia state commissioner of police, was quoted in the statement as urging the people of Abia to remain security conscious and to ensure proper supervision of their wards and children.
By Ayox Ojo
Police said their operatives have rescued 18 children suspected to be stolen with arrest of 10 suspects for alleged conspiracy and child theft in two different recent operations in Abia State.
Abia Police Command spokesperson, Maureen Chinaka, Abia revealed this in a statement.
According to the statement, the first incident was triggered on September 24, with report to the police division in Ohuru Isimiri a man allegedly lured a woman and her two children from Ebonyi state to Abia state under the pretext of marriage.
The man, according to the report made to the police, disappeared with the two children while the woman was not around.
“On arrival in Aba, the man asked her to get food for herself and the children while he stayed with the children. On her return, she did not see the man and her children, and all efforts to reach him proved abortive,” the police spokesperson said.
“Acting on credible and actionable intelligence, officers of the command on 08/10/2025 stormed a residence where stolen children were suspected to be kept, and apprehended five suspects.”
The police spokesperson said eight stolen children were rescued during the raid.
The police, according to the spokesperson, on Thursday, operatives stormed another residence along Aba/Owerri road, where children suspected to be stolen were being housed.
The Abia police spokesperson said the operation led to the arrest of four suspects and rescue of 10 ten stolen children.
The arrested suspected were identified as Best Ndubusi, Charles Enyinnaya, Eunice Ezekiel, Nnena Kalu, Gideon Esther, Obiegbunam Von, Ezeoma Rejoice, Ngozi Owoh, Favour Ernest, and Brittney Oyemuwa Zion in the statement.
Danladi Isa, the Abia state commissioner of police, was quoted in the statement as urging the people of Abia to remain security conscious and to ensure proper supervision of their wards and children.
The Police Commissioner also urged them to promptly report any suspicious persons or activities to the nearest police station or through the command’s emergency hotlines.
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