Another police report said yesterday, at about 5:pm, vigilante group attached to Ezira Community brought three children to Umunze Police Station namely Miracle Darlington, male, aged 13, Delight Darlington, female, aged 8 years and Goodness Darlington, female also, aged 10 years.
The report said the children absconded from their Aunty, one Jenifer Silas, of Ekporo town in Benue State and claimed they were maltreated by the same Aunt.
The children further stated that they are natives of Mbaise in Imo State and are of same parents.
That both parents are late hence their aunt took them to Benue State after their parents burial.
The most senior among the children, Miracle Darlington, claimed he paid the sum of two thousand, five hundred Naira to an unknown mass transit driver who conveyed and dropped them at Ezira town in Orumba South Council Area of Anambra State where they were found wandering and rescued.
Meanwhile, the children are presently in the protective custody of the Umunze Divisional Anti Human Trafficking Unit, while investigation is ongoing to ascertain actual circumstances surrounding their predicament.
The State Police Command also urged relations of the children to report at Umunze Police Station or contact the PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, through GSM number 08060970639 for further clarification.
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