A 34-year-old woman identified as Helen Christopher has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for alleged child-trafficking.
Spokesman of the Command, Nnamdi Omoni said the woman was arrested with four missing children in a Church, Mountain of Deliverance Fire Ministries, in Ete-O, Eleme Local government area.
Omoni claimed that the woman, Helen, operates with a group whose operation was smashed by men of the State Criminal Investigation Department.
“Men of the State CID smashed a child-trafficking syndicate run by one Madam Helen Christopher who runs a hilly home in Eleme. She’s 34 year from Akwa-Ibom.
“Our personnel acted on intelligence and trailed the suspect following series of complaints we have received about missing children in parts of Port Harcourt.
“She was arrested with one 20 year old, Joy Olaka-Nworgu who confessed to committing the crime. Four children were rescued from her church,” Omoni said.
However, the Prophetess, Helen denied the allegations saying, “I don’t know Joy before. I only met her when she came with a baby begging me to help her.
“She said I should give her N30,000 and keep the baby till she returns. I had to give her the money and warned that she must return to take the baby and refund my N30,000.
“I even took her to my alter to swear that she will refund my N30,000 and take the baby and she agreed. The only mistake I made was that I didn’t ask her where she got the baby.”
But One of the arrested suspects, twenty year old Joy Olaka-Nworgu told newsmen that she was initiated by Prophetess Helen to steal children.
Also speaking, Christophanus Achogbo who is the father of one of the rescued children said that the suspect took advantage of his maid.
“Since February this year, we have been looking for my son, Daniel only for the Police to call me that he has been found. He was 1 year and 4 month-old in February.
“I didn’t believe that the Police can still find him. I just want to thank the Rivers Police for their efforts.”
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