OMG:Woman confesses to selling 19 kids to ritualists in Imo state

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A woman named Chioma Anoruo has been arrested by
the Owerri, Imo state Criminal Investigation
Department (SCID), after she confessed to
selling about 19 children to ritualists. According to a
report by The Guardian, Mrs. Anoruo was arrested by
the Orlu community local vigilante group. She was
subsequently handed over to the police.

During the raid, five children, including a new-born
baby, already kidnapped for sale, were rescued from her
house, while a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) belonging
to her husband, Emeka, who is now on the run, was
recovered along with an undisclosed large sum of money.
According to The Heat Nigeria, an online media,
residents had complained of incessant disappearance of
children in the area, which was of serious concern to the
community leaders.

“This year alone, the community has recorded a large
number of missing children,” says a vigilance group
member of the community who wanted his name off-
print.
On March 30, Master Dominion Obasi, a pupil of
Ezioha Community School, Okporo was kidnapped in
the school premises and since then, has not been found.
While the community was searching for him, a son of a
Deeper Life Church pastor was also kidnapped and is
still missing.

However, two sons of the same parents, identified as
Chukwuemeka and Chigozie, pupils of Holy Trinity
Anglican School, Amazu in Okporo were abducted
while returning home after their school had closed for
the day.

As the abductors were trying to escape with them on
their motorcycle, a palm wine tapper, who saw the two
men while on top of a palm tree, raised the alarm, which
attracted the attention of vigilance group members,
who pursued them and apprehended one of the suspects
identified as Ebuka.

The arrest of Anorue followed Ebuka’s confession that
she and her husband were his sponsors, who buy each
child from his gang for N100,000.

According to the vigilance group member, when Chioma’s
husband, Emeka sighted them, he escaped through the
back door while his wife was apprehended and forced to
open their doors where the victims were found inside a
room in captivity.

During her confession, she revealed that human
merchandise had been their family business for years.She
confessed that her major work in the business was to
keep the victims while her husband would contact buyers
and sell them.

She also confessed that they had sold more than 19
children and the remaining five were waiting to be sold
to their customers before her arrest.
Meanwhile, the vigilance group has transferred the
suspect and the rescued victims to SCID Owerri under
a department led by one Supol Obi for further
investigation.

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