Akwa Ibom criminal ring kills mother, sells her children twice to buyers from Abia

A four-man criminal ring specializing  child trafficking and robbery killed a mother and sold her children in Uruan, Akwa Ibom.

The Commissioner for police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi disclosed this over the weekend while parading the suspects.

The police boss said investigations revealed that one Felix Edem, also known as “Black Bishop and Joe Fineboy, both of Idu Uruan, abducted one Queen Ime of Ifiayong Usuk village in Uruan Local Government Area, with her two children, between agesone and here.

The criminals took the captives in a tricycle, and drove them to a mddle of nowhere, killed mother, ad went away with her boys.

They later sold the children to one Marius Obi from Abia State.

“On 30th August, 2022 at about 0700hrs, Felix took Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad to Aba in Abia State, where the said Marius Obi was lured and arrested,” the commissioner added.

During interrogation, Obi confessed to have re-sold the two children to his syndicate member known as Nwanyiocha, a woman of an unknown address.

“As at when Felix Edem was arrested at Nna Enin village in Uruan Local Government Area, a locally made single barrel pistol without ammunition was recovered from him which he confessed to using for his dastardly acts.”