A
hawker in Owerri, Imo State, Chibuzor Eze, has been arrested for allegedly
kidnapping a three-year-old boy and selling him for N450,000.
The
suspect was said to be a family friend of the boy, who hails from Umuifa
village in Oru-East Local Government Area of the state.
A
family source said that the boy was
playing around the family compound at about 8am when she allegedly took him to
Owerri, where the kidnap was said to have been hatched.
She
allegedly sold him to a man who paid her N150,000 upfront and promised to give
her the balance later.
A
lady in the village who recognised the boy was said to have raised the alarm
when she sighted the woman with him.
Eze
and the alleged buyer were handed over to officers at Omuma Police Division in
Oru-East LGA.
On
a visit to the home of the boy, sympathisers and relatives thronged the family
house.
The
boy’s grandfather, Benjamin Nkemakolam, who expressed gratitude to God for his
grandson’s rescue, expressed surprise that the banana seller, who he considered
a member of the family, could harbour evil against the family.
The
boy’s uncle, Chigozie Nkemakolam, described Eze’s actions as surprising and
embarrassing as “she had joined them to look for the boy she allegedly
kidnapped.”
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Imo State, Andrew Enwerem,
said he had yet to be briefed on the matter.
Source:Punch
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