The Anambra State Police command said it has rescued a six-year-old stolen child from an alleged foster parent as part of its fight against crimes relating to child trafficking and sexual offences.
In a press statement released on Monday, the Spokesman for the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the rescue followed an intelligence-based investigation that led to the discovery of the child from an alleged foster parents in Ondo State.
Ikenga also said the police operatives arrested one Uchenna Nweke ‘M’, aged 18 years, at Ebenebe community in Awka North LGA of the state over a case of defilement of an 11-year-old girl.
He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has reiterated the Command’s unwavering commitment to protecting children and other vulnerable groups.
