AGBARHO-The Zone 9 Police Command in Umuahia,Abia State have arrested a suspected kidnapper ,Success Joe in connection with the alleged abduction of four children from Agbarho Community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State just as recovered and released a six year old girl, Blessing Isaac and handed her over to the Nigerian Child Welfare Fund.
The suspect who has been bearing different fictitious names was arrested in Lokoja when he tried to withdraw a two hundred and fifty thousand naira deposited in his bank account by the Police who placed him on red alert after securing a Court order.
Success Joe was immediately transferred to Umuahia.
Before his arrest in Lokoja, he had rented a room apartment in a nearby village as well as promised two women marriage there and targeting to run away with three children.
The Police first traced him to the residence of one of his accomplice,Alago Euphiema,a Staff of Okigwe Local Government Council at Okigwe.
Found in Success Joe’s bag included clothes and some information about him as well as his bank account details.
The Police secured a court order to place a red alert on his account. Thereafter, a two hundred and fifty thousand naira deposit was made in the account.
Also involved in the illicit business is a Staff of the Nigeria Prison Service, Oluchi Onwughara and Mrs. Ucheoma Asiegbu is the Welfare Officer attached to Aba South Local Government Area in Abia state.
She prepared documents for the trio above under the pretence of adopting the children they stole legally.
The AIG Zone 9, AIG Yerima Irimiya Fyarah have also ordered and sponsored his men to Enugu State in search of the three other abducted children.
AIG Fyarah vowed that the suspects involved in the criminal and dastard acts will be prosecuted in accordance with stipulated laws just as he said the recovered child also be taken to court.
It was gathered that Success Joe scouts for a syndicate group in Umuahia.
Before coming to Agbarho, Success Joe travels round the country, rent a one room apartment in those compounds where they share common bathroom and toilet.
His targets are poor illiterate widows and divorces that have a minimum of five children.
He spends money on the women and children with a promise to marry the women.
He follows them to see their families and ask them to follow him to see his mother at Umuahia with the insistence that they carry one or two of their children.
He will cleverly dispose them of the children and sell to his madam, Alago Euphiema.
The madam arranges with Welfare Officers and sells the children to those that want to adopt.
These were exactly what he did to the mothers of the four children he kidnapped to Umuahia where he sold them.
