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Plateau State Police Command has arrested nine suspected persons for children trafficking, cultism and armed robbery in various locations in the state.
State Police Commissioner, Bartholomew Onyeka said this on Friday in Jos while parading the suspects.
He explained that the suspects were arrested with life threatening rifles.
He said: “On September 7, 2022, while acting on a tip-off that two suspected children traffickers were about to be lynched by irate youths of Tudun Wada community, a patrol team led by Divisional Police Officer of ‘A’ Division, CSP Obinna Simeon immediately moved to the scene and rescued the suspects.
“The suspects are Dickson Andrew Ali 27, and Mathew Dakum, 34, both male of Tudun Wada, Jos. On interrogation, the suspects confessed that sometimes in July, 2022 they were contracted by one Jennifer to be abducting and sending children to an orphanage home in Abuja for the purpose of attracting funds from NGO.
He said efforts were on to arrest the said Jennifer and the owner of the suspected illegal orphanage home, Abuja.”
He added: “On September 4, 2022 while acting on a credible information from an impeccable source, police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division of the Command arrested two suspected cultists namely; Mathew Ayuba 19, of Alheri community, Jos and one Samuel Ngbede, 25 of Jenta Makeri, Jos.
