IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Operatives of the Rivers Police Command have rescued 15 children from a suspected fake orphanage.
The orphanage home is being operated by one Rev. Sister, Maureen Wechinwu in Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State.
The state Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday, made this known to journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
He said that on 3 September 2022, operatives of the Command, acting on credible information about the hideout of child traffickers, stormed Omuigwe Abuja Phase II, Aluu, in Ikwerre Local Government Area.
On getting there a lady who run the orphanage and claimed to be Rev. Sister, Maureen Wechinwu, was arrested.
CP Eboka disclosed that 15 children rescued was from the orphanage were transferred to CP Monitoring Unit for discrete investigation.
According to the Police boss, one of the children identified as Master Prosper revealed that he was abducted at Kpanzia market in Bayelsa State on October 31, 2020 alongside two others.
He, however, said he did not know the whereabouts of the two other children as they were taken away by the suspects.
CP Eboka said the child further stated that he was initially sold to a woman at Lagos, but later returned back to the Orphanage.
He added that the parents of Prosper, Mr. and Mrs. Godwin Ododor have been contacted and they corroborated the statement of the child.
However, Rev.Sister Wechinwu told journalists that her Orphanage is genuine.
She claimed that five of the children were recovered from mentally challenged women while the others were brought to her by one Victor.